Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 82 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 82 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Aug 14, 2023, 5:56 PM AKDT (01:56 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 75 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2023-08-15 01:56:09 UTC
Depth
13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.291° N, 162.573° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 164 in the 60 days after this one and 132 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.181 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.897 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.674 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.54 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 3.545 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 55 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 2.1105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.7102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.576 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.615 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 90 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 2.197 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.567 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.281 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 1.981 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 1.787 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.987 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 2.128 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 115 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.524 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 2.667 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 2.8143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 2.124 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 95 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 2.066 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 2.183 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1136 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 2.577 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 1.894 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 1.7110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 1.583 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  32. 2.954 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 78 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 1.884 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  35. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 2.880 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 3.1Alaska Peninsula · 1134 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  38. 2.593 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 2.293 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 2.980 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away
  41. 3.486 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  42. 2.7110 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 2.3103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 2.832 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 3.096 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 2.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 2.139 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 2.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 2.785 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 2.088 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1129 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 1.770 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 2.095 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 1.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  55. 2.8101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 1.697 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 1.6108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 1.891 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  59. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 2.940 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of 164.

Before

  1. 1.574 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.860 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 1.892 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.581 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.0102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 2.4115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.784 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 1.985 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.170 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 2.169 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 53 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 1.679 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.850 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.083 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.085 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 2.731 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 119 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 3.368 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.877 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.981 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 2.0111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away

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