M2.8 earthquake 145 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 145 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 8:08 PM AKDT (04:08 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 81 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-18 04:08:35 UTC
- Depth
- 30.9 km (19.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.552° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.7 km horizontally, 11.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 209°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 91 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.281 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.793 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.992 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.691 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.8141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.077 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.4162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.5184 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9159 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.093 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.5103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.5156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 32 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.9123 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.8109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.1221 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.991 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.799 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.289 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.5140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 39 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.880 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.6167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.0152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 54 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.794 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.2144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 63 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.777 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.073 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.594 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.087 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1104 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.7158 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.4152 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8148 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.8111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.294 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.5100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.562 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.754 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.573 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.671 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.578 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.4109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.878 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.996 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.0118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.7102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.1147 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.9146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.3151 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.8151 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8110 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.7149 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
The first 60 of 91.
Before
- 3.8140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.7240 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.3131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.0100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 48 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.593 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.6206 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
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