Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 81 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 81 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Aug 11, 2021, 1:51 AM AKDT (09:51 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 85 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
2021-08-11 09:51:02 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.190° N, 162.870° 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: 136 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 1.983 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 25 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 1.659 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 1.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.137 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 82 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.8159 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 1.576 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.651 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.693 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.658 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.5102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 2.284 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1863 days ago · 37 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.570 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 53 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 2.557 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 94 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 2.2107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 2.5118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 2.6103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 2.0126 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 2.099 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  28. 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 1.813 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 2.088 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 1.955 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 1.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  34. 1.554 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
  35. 1.536 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 56 km deep · 47 km away
  36. 1.889 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  37. 1.770 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 31 km deep · 35 km away
  38. 1.917 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 105 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 1.997 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 1.693 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  42. 1.943 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 56 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 1.758 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 60 km deep · 36 km away
  44. 1.5114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 1.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 2.637 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 88 km deep · 87 km away
  47. 1.678 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
  48. 2.188 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 76 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 1.661 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 2.090 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 28 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 1.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 1.991 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
  53. 1.877 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 1.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  56. 4.5147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.9116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 1.9132 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 1.799 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
  60. 2.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 136.

Before

  1. 2.6157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.897 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 3.093 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.542 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.6104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 2.3118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.9116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 3.2110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.073 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 3.3167 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.0145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 2.5145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 2.0143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 3.5168 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.0162 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 3.4south of Alaska · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 1.9148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away

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