Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 95 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 95 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Feb 4, 2021, 4:44 PM AKST (01:44 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 83 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-05 01:44:18 UTC
Depth
27.7 km (17.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.010° N, 163.652° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.583 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 3.0106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 3.0125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.196 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 3.186 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.478 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.496 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 3.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.142 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 3.139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.091 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.151 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 112 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2044 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.0104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 2.3139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.3152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.2163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.390 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 2.273 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 1.982 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 3.488 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 1.985 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 2.791 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 3.991 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 2.542 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 81 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 2.282 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
  29. 2.331 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 2.4105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 2.222 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 2.4118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  33. 2.3108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 2.196 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 2.6145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
  36. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  37. 2.5120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
  38. 3.589 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 88 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 2.045 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 2.562 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 1.798 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  43. 2.194 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 63 km deep · 46 km away
  44. 2.2132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 1.648 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 3.1156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 2.579 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  50. 2.180 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
  51. 3.189 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 2.686 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 2.244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
  55. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 2.075 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
  57. 2.0105 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
  58. 1.988 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 28 km deep · 40 km away
  59. 2.043 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  60. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 106.

Before

  1. 2.7101 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 3.262 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 64 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 2.0153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 3.488 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.324 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 83 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2060 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 2.1123 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.277 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.922 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 2.894 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.818 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.347 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 163 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.680 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.084 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 1.796 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 2.597 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.1102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 2.876 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.972 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away

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