Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 158 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 158 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska on Tue, Aug 24, 2021, 2:49 AM AKDT (10:49 UTC), 41 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 137 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Tue, Aug 24, 2021, 2:49 AM AKDT
UTC: 2021-08-24 10:49:58 UTC
Depth: 41.4 km (25.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 55.654° N, 155.264° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.069 · 28 stations

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: 37

Nearest places

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

Womens Bay, AlaskaPopulation 719. Forecast276 kmSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 185 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 62.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021auh2v7e (also filed as us7000f7s0). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:12 AM UTC.