Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Aug 6, 2021, 3:34 AM AKDT (11:34 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 167 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-06 11:34:35 UTC
Depth
41.5 km (25.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.596° N, 162.806° 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
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 113 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.3167 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 2.073 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 3.2110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.9116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.3118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.6104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 2.1148 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.6157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 1.981 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.9112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 1.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 1.983 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 2.185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 1.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.8159 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 27 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.7207 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.5102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 32 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 2.284 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1862 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 1.570 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 3.7152 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 2.2107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 2.5118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  27. 2.6103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 2.0126 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 2.099 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 2.088 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 1.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 1.889 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 1.770 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 1.997 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 1.758 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 1.5114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 2.7232 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 2.090 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 1.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 4.5147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.9116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  42. 1.9132 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  43. 1.799 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 2.6160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 1.9118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  46. 2.1174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 2.2170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 2.1170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 3.0156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 2.0166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  51. 2.0163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 2.8161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 1.8147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 3.3157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  56. 2.9161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
  57. 1.8124 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 2.1169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 2.0185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  60. 2.2171 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away

The first 60 of 113.

Before

  1. 2.5145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.0143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 3.5168 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 2.0162 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 3.4south of Alaska · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 1.9148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 3.7149 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 1.8110 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 1.9113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.195 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.8151 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 3.3151 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 3.9146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 3.1147 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 2.0118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.671 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 73 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.573 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 2.5100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 1.8111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away

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