M2.0 earthquake 105 km E of Akutan, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 105 km E of Akutan, Alaska on Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 12:03 AM AKDT (08:03 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-17 08:03:33 UTC
- Depth
- 40.3 km (25.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.013° N, 164.181° 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
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 123 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.988 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.043 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.651 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.1113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.762 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.823 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 51 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.855 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.330 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 122 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.161 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.982 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.790 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.7144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 30 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.198 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 47 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.2102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.024 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.694 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.775 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 88 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.288 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.080 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.8152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.8102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 66 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.663 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 103 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.926 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.870 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.8140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.042 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.834 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.098 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.794 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 50 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.822 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.769 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 59 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.7109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.8101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.934 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.9106 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.953 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.882 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.979 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.878 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.018 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 87 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.3115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.2104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.99 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 101 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.872 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.877 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.672 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.582 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
The first 60 of 123.
Before
- 2.075 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 44 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.686 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.189 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.180 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 61 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.579 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.1156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.178 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.2132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.194 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 63 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.798 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.562 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.045 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 75 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.589 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 88 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.5120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
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