Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 62 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 62 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska on Tue, May 11, 2021, 7:30 PM AKDT (03:30 UTC), 35 km (21 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 60 km S of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-12 03:30:24 UTC
Depth
34.6 km (21.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.535° N, 154.858° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.647 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.858 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 2.064 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 51 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 3.343 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 63 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.889 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.021 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.8104 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 2.272 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 51 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 1.975 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.555 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 1.838 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 2.197 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.975 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.4100 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 2.157 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 1.676 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.133 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 4.360 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away · tsunami flag
  19. 1.628 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.3124 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 81 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 1.857 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 1.840 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 2.833 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 2.546 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 2.03 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 1.620 km SW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  27. 1.9100 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 1.932 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 1.542 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 2.440 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.773 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 1.783 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.770 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.333 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.295 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.766 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.270 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 84 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.4139 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.984 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.879 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 53 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.619 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 3.2Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.272 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 59 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 1.829 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 1.834 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.756 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 2.759 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02162cwldb. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:24 PM UTC.