M2.4 earthquake 49 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 49 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Feb 15, 2021, 11:20 AM AKST (20:20 UTC), 147 km (91 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 39 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-15 20:20:00 UTC
- Depth
- 146.7 km (91.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 55.286° N, 163.620° 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
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.142 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.151 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 112 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2044 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.66 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 116 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.542 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.331 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.222 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.648 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.741 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 184 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.043 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.721 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.839 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.823 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.716 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 103 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.330 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 122 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.625 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.622 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.024 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.824 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 151 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.854 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.926 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.042 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.537 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.822 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.934 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.953 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.631 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 190 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.149 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.784 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.932 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 1.919 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 113 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.324 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 83 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.922 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.818 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.347 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 163 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.972 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.071 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.770 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.043 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.824 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 104 km deep · 27 km away
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