Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 80 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 80 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Jan 31, 2021, 4:46 AM AKST (13:46 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.8 18 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-31 13:46:10 UTC
Depth
17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.306° N, 162.589° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
12

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 153 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.818 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.894 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 1.922 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2061 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.277 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 53 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 2.1123 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 2.2100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2060 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 2.324 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 83 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 3.262 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 1.919 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 113 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2057 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.395 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 4.875 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2055 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 2.095 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 2.054 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 53 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 1.977 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 2.1104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 3.186 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 2.496 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 2.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 1.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 2.142 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 62 km deep · 38 km away
  31. 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 1.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 1.754 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 3.139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  35. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2044 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
  36. 1.662 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  37. 2.0104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 2.66 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 116 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 1.873 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 1.848 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 2.3139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 63 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 2.390 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  44. 3.164 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 44 km deep · 32 km away
  45. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  47. 1.976 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  48. 2.273 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 73 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 3.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 1.982 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  52. 1.766 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  53. 1.985 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  54. 2.791 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  55. 2.542 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 3.168 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  58. 1.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 2.763 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 77 km deep · 37 km away
  60. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 153.

Before

  1. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.1102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 1.842 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.966 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 2.898 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.179 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.595 km S of False Pass, AK · 2065 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.764 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.965 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 2.043 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 81 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 1.750 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.797 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 1.661 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 3.093 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away

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