M1.8 earthquake 98 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 98 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Aug 11, 2021, 7:40 PM AKDT (03:40 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 83 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-12 03:40:10 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.973° N, 163.519° 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
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 140 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.983 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.854 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.580 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8159 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.988 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.772 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.5102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.284 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1863 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.891 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.570 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 53 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.7152 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.557 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 94 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.5118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.6103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.0126 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.099 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.088 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.955 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.536 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.889 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.770 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 31 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.997 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.895 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.693 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.943 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.758 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 60 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.5114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.579 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 60 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.678 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 70 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.188 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.661 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 73 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.090 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.991 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.9116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.9132 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.799 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 42 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.6160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.681 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.889 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.781 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.2170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.0156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.8161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of 140.
Before
- 1.654 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.155 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.553 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.153 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.981 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.6157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.682 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.897 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1148 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.542 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.6104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.3118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.9116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.2110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.073 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.176 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.3167 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
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