Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 47 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 47 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Jan 31, 2021, 10:14 AM AKST (19:14 UTC), 163 km (101 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 62 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-31 19:14:52 UTC
Depth
162.5 km (101.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.651° N, 164.060° 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: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.818 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 1.922 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 2.324 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 83 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 3.262 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 1.919 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 113 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.395 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.496 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.449 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 147 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 3.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.142 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 1.9101 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 3.139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 2.151 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 112 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2044 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.0104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.66 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 116 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 1.937 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.542 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 81 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 54 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 2.331 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 2.222 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 2.4118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 2.3108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 3.589 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 88 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 2.045 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 2.562 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 1.798 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 2.194 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 63 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 1.648 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 2.741 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 184 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  35. 2.579 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  37. 2.244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 2.0105 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 1.988 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
  41. 2.043 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  43. 1.651 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 2.1113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 2.765 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  47. 1.721 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 1.839 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 1.823 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  51. 2.125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  52. 2.1108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 1.855 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 2.716 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 103 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 2.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  56. 1.655 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 2.330 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 122 km deep · 18 km away
  58. 1.790 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 2.198 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 2.2102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 2.1102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.876 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 1.972 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 2.071 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 1.770 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.595 km S of False Pass, AK · 2065 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.043 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 81 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 3.084 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 3.570 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 103 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 2.824 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 104 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 2.2116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.088 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.981 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 1.817 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.2119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.3116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 4.3121 km ESE of Akutan, AK · 2081 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 3.5117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.3121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away

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