Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 85 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 85 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 6:40 AM AKDT (14:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 81 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-18 14:40:31 UTC
Depth
9.5 km (5.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.298° N, 162.505° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 3.281 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 3.295 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1921 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.788 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.740 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1915 days ago · -3 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.793 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.547 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 1.571 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.6101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 2.698 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.992 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.663 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.691 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 2.077 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 2.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 2.093 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 1.940 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 1.615 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 92 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 1.750 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 101 km deep · 42 km away
  27. 3.541 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 1.5104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 1.9123 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 1.926 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 1.559 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 2.290 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 1.8109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 1.813 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 88 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 2.010 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 96 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 1.814 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 114 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 2.194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 32 km deep · 34 km away
  40. 1.970 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 55 km deep · 17 km away
  41. 2.075 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 1.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 1.646 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 2.037 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 1.837 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 60 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 1.638 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  47. 2.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  48. 2.220 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 2.390 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  50. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 2.066 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 3.584 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 2.071 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  54. 4.4154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.7158 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 1.710 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  57. 2.4152 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 2.168 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
  59. 1.890 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 1.8111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away

The first 60 of 122.

Before

  1. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 1.666 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 1.524 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 3.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 2.559 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 53 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 2.6117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.982 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 3.3131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.777 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.0106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.923 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 1.854 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.070 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.691 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away

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