M2.1 earthquake 62 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 62 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska on Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 5:26 AM AKDT (13:26 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 151 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-27 13:26:14 UTC
- Depth
- 46.6 km (29.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 56.504° N, 154.805° 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
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 65 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9116 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.128 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.073 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.828 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.0159 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.8156 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.0156 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.5154 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.982 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 46 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.635 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.516 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.519 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.632 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.642 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.069 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.3102 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.527 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.530 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 52 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.534 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.976 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.076 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.680 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.172 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.532 km W of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.6100 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.659 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.533 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.181 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1779 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.520 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5151 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.372 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.276 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.774 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.492 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.359 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.594 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.7136 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.549 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 37 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.147 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.43 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.461 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.881 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.636 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.630 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.299 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7101 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.8101 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1744 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.660 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.94 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.735 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.963 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.064 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.892 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of 65.
Before
- 2.070 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.4103 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.3114 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 77 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.6106 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.2109 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.4150 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.232 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.886 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.711 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.646 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.127 km E of Akhiok, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.645 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.5151 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.055 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.932 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.3136 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3132 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 64 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.3123 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 62 km deep · 100 km away
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