Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 27 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 27 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 5:29 AM AKST (14:29 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 89 km SW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-19 14:29:45 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.616° N, 163.296° 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
15

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 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.390 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 3.164 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.273 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.982 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 1.766 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.985 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.791 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.542 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 81 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 3.168 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.763 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 77 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 54 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.331 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.4105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.222 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 1.955 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.065 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.961 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.3108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.196 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.5120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 3.589 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 88 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 2.562 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  24. 2.194 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 1.755 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 2.259 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 1.969 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 2.872 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 3.562 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 1.648 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 2.741 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 184 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 13 km deep · 0 km away
  34. 1.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 2.244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 66 km deep · 18 km away
  37. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 2.0105 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 1.988 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 2.043 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  41. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  42. 1.651 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  43. 2.1113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 2.765 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
  45. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  46. 1.721 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  47. 1.839 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  48. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 1.823 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  50. 2.125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  51. 2.1108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 2.716 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 103 km deep · 57 km away
  53. 2.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  54. 1.830 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 88 km deep · 86 km away
  55. 1.655 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 51 km deep · 44 km away
  56. 2.330 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 122 km deep · 40 km away
  57. 2.248 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
  58. 1.790 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 2.731 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 89 km deep · 89 km away
  60. 2.625 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 106.

Before

  1. 1.848 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.66 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 116 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.0104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.662 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2045 days ago · 47 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.151 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 112 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 3.139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 1.754 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.142 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 62 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 2.449 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 147 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.496 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 3.186 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.054 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.395 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2058 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.919 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 3.262 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 64 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.324 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 83 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2061 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.277 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 53 km deep · 63 km away

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