Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 99 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 99 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska on Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 5:42 AM AKDT (13:42 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 140 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-26 13:42:32 UTC
Depth
25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.954° N, 164.287° 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
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.029 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.626 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.1106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 43 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.7165 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.0114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.0105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 67 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.1114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 1.987 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 50 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 1.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.532 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.8133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.170 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 75 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 2.160 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.718 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 77 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.058 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.875 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 1.932 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.836 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 3.384 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 2.123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 2.191 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
  26. 1.645 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
  27. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 2.7110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 34 km deep · 19 km away
  29. 1.988 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 1.773 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
  31. 1.539 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 3.593 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
  33. 2.062 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 123 km deep · 71 km away
  34. 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 1.923 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 2.0100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 48 km deep · 27 km away
  37. 3.3131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 3.8140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 1.524 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 2.8145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 31 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 1.972 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 3.080 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 3.454 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 89 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 1.7100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 38 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.684 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.9121 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.187 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 123 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.9141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.8151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.778 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.798 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.6160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.8118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 3.5100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 3.0152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 3.9149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.2113 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.039 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 77 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.288 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 51 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 2.940 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 3.2108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 1.824 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away

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