Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 115 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 115 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Apr 9, 2021, 4:47 AM AKDT (12:47 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 149 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
2021-04-09 12:47:49 UTC
Depth
25.7 km (16.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.828° N, 163.622° 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

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Stations used
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 1.932 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.087 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 2.6112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 1.882 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.830 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 94 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.8116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 2.096 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 1.631 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.520 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.799 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.797 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.8119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 1.5103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 52 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 1.778 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 1.824 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.129 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 82 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 3.2108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 2.940 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 2.288 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 3.9149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 3.0152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 1.942 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 3.5100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 2.8118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  27. 2.6160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 2.798 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 2.8151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  30. 1.9141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 1.9121 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 1.7100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 1.899 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 1.626 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 2.1106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 43 km deep · 41 km away
  37. 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 40 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 2.7165 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 2.0114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  43. 2.0105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 67 km deep · 40 km away
  44. 2.1114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  45. 1.987 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 50 km deep · 58 km away
  46. 1.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 1.532 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  49. 2.8133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  50. 2.170 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 1.932 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 1.836 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  53. 3.384 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 3.5156 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  55. 3.6148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  56. 2.123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 2.191 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 2.7110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 34 km deep · 38 km away
  60. 2.4110 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 67.

Before

  1. 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.979 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.882 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.9106 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 1.934 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.8101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.7109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 34 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 2.769 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.822 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.794 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.098 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 2.042 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.8140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.926 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 2.8102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 2.8152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 4.3158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away

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