Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 18 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 18 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Jan 31, 2021, 11:51 AM AKST (20:51 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 94 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-31 20:51:55 UTC
Depth
11.9 km (7.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.697° N, 163.339° 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
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 93 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.894 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.922 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2061 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.277 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2060 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.324 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 83 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 3.262 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 64 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.919 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 113 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2057 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.395 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.054 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 3.186 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 2.496 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.449 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 147 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 2.142 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 62 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 1.754 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 3.139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.151 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 112 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2044 days ago · 47 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 1.662 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 2.0104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 2.66 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 116 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 1.848 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  25. 2.390 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 3.164 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 2.273 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 73 km deep · 60 km away
  28. 1.982 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 1.766 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 1.985 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 2.791 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 2.542 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 81 km deep · 30 km away
  33. 3.168 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 2.763 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 2.331 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 2.4105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 2.222 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 1.955 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 2.065 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 1.961 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 2.3108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 2.196 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 3.589 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 88 km deep · 80 km away
  45. 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  46. 2.562 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 1.755 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 2.259 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 1.969 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 2.872 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 1.648 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  53. 2.741 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 184 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  55. 1.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
  57. 2.244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 66 km deep · 27 km away
  58. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  59. 2.0105 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 1.988 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of 93.

Before

  1. 2.347 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 163 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 1.680 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.1102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.842 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.876 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 1.972 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.071 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.770 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 2.179 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.595 km S of False Pass, AK · 2065 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.764 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.965 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.043 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 81 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 1.750 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.661 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 3.093 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 3.084 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 5.071 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 6
  20. 3.570 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 103 km deep · 65 km away

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