Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 85 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 85 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Sep 30, 2023, 10:20 AM AKDT (18:20 UTC), 7 km (4 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
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-09-30 18:20:04 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.285° N, 162.523° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.290 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 2.790 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 2.275 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 2.389 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.590 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.998 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.094 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 73 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.285 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 4.175 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.779 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.290 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.983 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.0105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.023 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 90 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 1.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 2.085 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 3.452 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 1.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 2.068 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 2.654 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 2.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 1.744 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 1.9115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1085 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 2.091 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1084 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 3.3136 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1084 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 2.4119 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1084 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
  33. 2.794 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  34. 2.088 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 2.070 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  36. 2.281 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 2.868 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  38. 2.289 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 1.984 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  40. 2.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 2.6102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  42. 3.067 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1081 days ago · 48 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 2.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 2.7107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1079 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  45. 1.812 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1078 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 3.130 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1078 days ago · 79 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 2.413 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1078 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 2.8122 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1077 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 3.695 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1077 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 2.275 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1077 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 2.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1077 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 1.651 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1077 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  53. 2.972 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1076 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 1.837 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 1.791 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 2.775 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1073 days ago · 56 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 1.983 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1073 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 2.283 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1073 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 1.766 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1072 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 2.728 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1072 days ago · 85 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of 127.

Before

  1. 1.513 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.644 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 68 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.639 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.783 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.659 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.7103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.0103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.839 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.686 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.668 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.889 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 1.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1102 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.079 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1103 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 1.850 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 65 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 2.1108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.773 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away

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