Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska on Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 4:17 AM AKDT (12:17 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 97 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-28 12:17:03 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.815° N, 164.113° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.987 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 1.532 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.8133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.170 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.160 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.058 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.932 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.836 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 3.384 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 3.5156 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 3.6148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.191 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 1.645 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 2.7110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 1.988 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.773 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.539 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 3.593 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 2.062 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 123 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 2.0100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 48 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 3.3131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 3.8140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 2.8145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 31 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 1.972 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 3.080 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 3.454 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 89 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 1.740 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1915 days ago · -3 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 2.0105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 67 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 2.0114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 26 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 2.7165 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 2.1106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 43 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 1.899 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 1.7100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 1.684 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.9121 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 1.9141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 2.2154 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.8151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 1.778 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.798 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.6160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 2.8118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 3.5100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 3.0152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away

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