Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 26 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 26 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 8:18 AM AKDT (16:18 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 10 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-14 16:18:52 UTC
Depth
4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.944° N, 163.033° 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
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 82 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.559 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.813 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 88 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 2.010 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 96 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 1.814 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 114 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 2.194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.970 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.646 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.037 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 95 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.837 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.638 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.220 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 79 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 2.066 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.071 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.710 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.168 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.630 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 1.524 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 1.754 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 2.573 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 1.941 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 48 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 1.671 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.131 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 95 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 2.146 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  28. 3.132 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 171 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 2.618 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 113 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 2.074 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 1.971 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.855 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
  34. 2.229 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 96 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 2.678 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 2.760 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 150 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 2.073 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 3.020 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 161 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 81 km deep · 92 km away
  41. 2.542 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 1.981 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  43. 2.153 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 1.553 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  45. 2.155 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 1.654 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 1.983 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  49. 1.854 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 1.659 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 2.185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 2.137 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 82 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 1.840 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 96 km deep · 85 km away
  54. 1.651 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 1.658 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1863 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 1.570 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
  58. 2.557 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 94 km deep · 52 km away
  59. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  60. 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away

The first 60 of 82.

Before

  1. 3.541 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 86 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 1.750 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 101 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 1.615 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 92 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 1.940 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 1.734 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 101 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.077 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 4.156 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 177 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 1.663 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.621 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 153 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 1.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 78 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 1.571 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.547 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 1.740 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1915 days ago · -3 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1921 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 3.281 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 1.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away

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