Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska on Fri, Jul 9, 2021, 2:27 PM AKDT (22:27 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 147 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-09 22:27:35 UTC
Depth
22.2 km (13.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.934° N, 164.217° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 154 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 1.864 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 1.638 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.093 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.969 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.5103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.940 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 3.541 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 86 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.5156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.9123 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.8109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.991 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 47 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 1.799 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 4.289 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 1.5140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 1.880 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 1.6167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 2.194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.0152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 54 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.794 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 61 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 2.2144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 63 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 1.791 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 2.037 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 1.777 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 2.073 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 57 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 2.16 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 114 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 2.422 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 120 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 1.594 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 2.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 2.087 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.1104 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 51 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 2.094 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 1.678 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 1.743 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 1.8111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 2.294 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 68 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 2.5100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 1.562 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 57 km deep · 44 km away
  40. 1.524 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 1.754 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 2.573 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
  44. 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 73 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 1.671 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  46. 1.578 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  47. 1.577 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 2.277 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 3.4109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
  50. 1.878 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  51. 1.876 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 1.870 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 1.996 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 1.576 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  55. 2.0118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
  56. 1.7102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  57. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  58. 1.775 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
  59. 3.219 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 83 km deep · 85 km away
  60. 1.738 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 154.

Before

  1. 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.057 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 108 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.4162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.077 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 3.8141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 2.691 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.992 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 42 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 2.792 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.793 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 1.740 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1920 days ago · -3 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 3.454 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 89 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 3.080 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.972 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.8145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 1.524 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 3.8140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0218qldc7z. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:32 PM UTC.