Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 84 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 84 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 3:48 AM AKST (12:48 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 151 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-01-18 12:48:28 UTC
Depth
4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.111° N, 163.170° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 147 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.2105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 985 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.545 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 984 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 3.047 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 984 days ago · 130 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 2.9100 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 982 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.4105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 982 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 3.1115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 982 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.544 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 982 days ago · -3 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.885 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 981 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.940 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 981 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 2.1103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 980 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.955 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 979 days ago · 62 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 1.625 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 979 days ago · 82 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.892 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 979 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.9156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 979 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.844 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 979 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 2.1105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 978 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.3111 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 977 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 3.261 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 977 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 2.555 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 976 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 2.5108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 976 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 2.295 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 976 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.788 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 975 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 2.183 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 975 days ago · 69 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 2.7102 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 975 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 2.637 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 975 days ago · 133 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 3.062 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 974 days ago · 81 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 2.044 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 974 days ago · 57 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 2.189 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 973 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  29. 2.2137 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 972 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 3.4155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 971 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 2.179 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 971 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 2.585 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 971 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 2.180 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 971 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 2.379 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 970 days ago · 27 km deep · 43 km away
  35. 2.481 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 970 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 1.957 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 969 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 2.333 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 969 days ago · 87 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 2.584 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 968 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 1.950 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 968 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 2.691 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 967 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  41. 3.1103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 967 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 2.378 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 966 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  43. 2.288 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 964 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  44. 2.5109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 964 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  45. 2.9117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 964 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 2.142 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 963 days ago · 74 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 2.876 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 963 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 1.635 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 962 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 2.076 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 962 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 1.734 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 962 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  51. 2.032 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 962 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 1.828 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  53. 2.174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  54. 2.065 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
  55. 2.191 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 2.1102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 961 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 2.465 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 960 days ago · 74 km deep · 30 km away
  58. 2.795 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 959 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
  59. 2.493 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 958 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
  60. 2.395 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 958 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of 147.

Before

  1. 2.427 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 986 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.7149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 986 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.438 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 986 days ago · 86 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.958 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 987 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.5119 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 987 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 988 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 3.285 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 988 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.8114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 988 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.942 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 989 days ago · 63 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 1.839 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 989 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.7158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 989 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 989 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.9164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 989 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 2.747 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 990 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.158 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 990 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.4126 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 991 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.9153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 992 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 3.3154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 992 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 3.0104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 993 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 4.176 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 994 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1

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