Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 52 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 52 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 2:22 AM AKDT (10:22 UTC), 62 km (39 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 84 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-28 10:22:59 UTC
Depth
62.4 km (38.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.612° N, 162.705° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 42 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 63 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 1.532 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.926 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 90 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.619 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 3.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 3.8106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 4.2108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.932 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 1.836 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 3.384 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 2.0116 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.569 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.627 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 72 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.4110 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.082 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 1.539 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 2.691 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 2.070 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 1.854 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  26. 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 1.923 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  28. 2.777 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 3.225 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 1.982 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 2.559 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 53 km deep · 29 km away
  32. 3.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 1.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 1.524 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  35. 1.666 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  36. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  37. 1.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  38. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 3.281 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
  40. 3.295 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  41. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1921 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 1.740 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1915 days ago · -3 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 1.626 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.029 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.328 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 99 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.360 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 49 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.150 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.798 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.867 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.29 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 93 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.942 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 2.279 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 1.952 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 56 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 2.940 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.129 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 82 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.824 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 1.626 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away

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