M2.8 earthquake 70 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 70 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska on Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 9:45 PM AKDT (05:45 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 33 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-31 05:45:39 UTC
- Depth
- 47.1 km (29.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.531° N, 165.440° 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
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.366 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.8140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.834 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 70 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.794 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.679 km SE of Unalaska, AK · 2009 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.769 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 59 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.979 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 61 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.1Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.878 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.018 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 87 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.045 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.2104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.058 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 82 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.879 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.024 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 98 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.99 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 101 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.872 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 59 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.877 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 48 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.672 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 48 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.582 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.769 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.882 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 60 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.8116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.687 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 68 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.737 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 94 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.797 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.5103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.68 km WNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 114 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.778 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.2108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.288 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 51 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.926 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 74 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.169 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.039 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 77 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.2113 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.5100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.8118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.865 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.778 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.2154 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.730 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 79 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9121 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 51 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.684 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.7100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.899 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.731 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.987 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.8133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.170 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 75 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.160 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 68 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.629 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.718 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 77 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.058 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 52 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.875 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
The first 60 of 69.
Before
- 2.077 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.834 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 66 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.080 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.288 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.775 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 88 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.938 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 80 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.727 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 89 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.198 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.3133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.880 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.266 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 48 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.070 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.077 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.982 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.161 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.825 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.855 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 62 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.278 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
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