Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 12 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 12 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Sep 7, 2021, 8:54 PM AKDT (04:54 UTC), 115 km (72 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 90 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-08 04:54:19 UTC
Depth
115.2 km (71.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.748° N, 163.497° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.680 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.834 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 78 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.592 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.897 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.190 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 3.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.938 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 69 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 2.393 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.043 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.279 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.511 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.979 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 63 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.632 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 2.467 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 75 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.679 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.171 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 2.569 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 61 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 2.075 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 3.160 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 163 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 2.364 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 2.212 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 106 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 3.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  28. 2.0102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 2.557 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 93 km deep · 45 km away
  30. 2.5102 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 3.389 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 3.6102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 2.899 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 1.515 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 3.790 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 2.654 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 1.951 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 66 km deep · 39 km away
  38. 1.931 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 1.994 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 78 km deep · 92 km away
  40. 1.883 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 1.884 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 1.786 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 2.896 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 1.799 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.991 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.090 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.661 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.188 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.678 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.725 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 124 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.637 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 88 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.758 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 60 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 1.943 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 56 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 1.693 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.997 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.917 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 105 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 1.770 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.889 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 1.536 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 56 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 1.554 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away

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