Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 93 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 93 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 7:54 PM AKDT (03:54 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 151 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-17 03:54:09 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.023° N, 163.228° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 97 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.043 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.279 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 3.0151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.979 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 2.6170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.9114 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 2.075 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 4.0111 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 2.0119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 1.632 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 1.9122 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 4.4129 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 4.5152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.4149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 4.4147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 3.3154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 4.4153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 2.467 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 75 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 2.679 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 3.4132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 2.569 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 61 km deep · 41 km away
  26. 2.075 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 2.364 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 48 km deep · 29 km away
  28. 3.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  29. 2.0102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  30. 2.557 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 2.5102 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  32. 3.389 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  33. 3.6102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  34. 2.899 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  35. 3.790 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
  36. 2.5110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 2.654 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 1.951 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 66 km deep · 44 km away
  39. 2.4160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  40. 2.2154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 2.8117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  42. 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 51 km deep · 61 km away
  43. 2.7114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 1.994 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
  45. 1.883 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  46. 1.884 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 2.1120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 2.6114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
  49. 2.896 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  50. 1.995 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 2.5115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 2.182 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
  53. 2.0113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 2.227 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  55. 1.962 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 40 km deep · 37 km away
  56. 2.084 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 54 km deep · 25 km away
  57. 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 51 km deep · 19 km away
  58. 1.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  59. 2.542 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 2.587 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away

The first 60 of 70.

Before

  1. 2.8162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.938 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 2.8156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 3.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 71 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 2.1151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 3.7152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.5157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 3.2142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 3.3144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.4160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.8177 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 3.2149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 3.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 4.7160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.6172 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.7166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 2.2165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 2.5171 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away

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