Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 147 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 147 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska on Sun, Sep 12, 2021, 6:34 PM AKDT (02:34 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 118 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.5 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Sep 12, 2021, 6:34 PM AKDT
UTC: 2021-09-13 02:34:17 UTC
Depth: 1.7 km (1.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 55.891° N, 155.618° 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

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Stations used: 21

Nearest places

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

Womens Bay, AlaskaPopulation 719. Forecast268 kmSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 164 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 164.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021brez1c3 (also filed as us6000fqw7). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:49 PM UTC.