Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 38 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 38 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 9:54 PM AKDT (05:54 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 93 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
2021-09-16 05:54:02 UTC
Depth
69.3 km (43.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.511° 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: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.393 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 2.043 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.279 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 1.979 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 63 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 2.260 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.9114 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 4.0111 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.0119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.632 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 1.9122 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 4.4129 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.467 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 75 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.679 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.171 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.161 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.569 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 61 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 2.075 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 3.160 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 163 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 2.364 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 48 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 2.212 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 106 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 3.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 2.0102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 2.557 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 93 km deep · 32 km away
  28. 2.5102 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 3.389 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 3.6102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 2.899 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 3.790 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 2.5110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  34. 2.654 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 1.951 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 66 km deep · 13 km away
  36. 2.8117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 1.931 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  39. 2.7114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 1.994 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
  41. 1.883 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 1.884 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
  43. 2.1120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 49 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 1.786 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 2.6114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  46. 2.896 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  47. 1.995 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 2.5115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 2.182 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
  50. 2.0113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
  51. 2.227 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  52. 1.962 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
  53. 2.084 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 54 km deep · 46 km away
  54. 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 51 km deep · 46 km away
  55. 1.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 2.542 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  57. 2.587 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
  58. 2.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  59. 1.67 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 2.541 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of 64.

Before

  1. 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 51 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 3.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 71 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 2.190 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.897 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.592 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.834 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 78 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 1.680 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.8124 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.712 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 115 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 1.781 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.9118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.799 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.9116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.991 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.090 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.661 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 73 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 2.188 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 76 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 1.678 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 70 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 1.579 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away

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