Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 5 km SW of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 5 km SW of Akutan, Alaska on Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 1:35 PM AKDT (21:35 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 39 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-15 21:35:29 UTC
Depth
71.0 km (44.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.095° N, 165.834° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.620 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.521 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.621 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 1.720 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.652 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.981 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.875 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.832 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 65 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 3.457 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.054 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 1.818 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.820 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.720 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.712 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 1.670 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.088 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.165 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.096 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.668 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.160 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 2.260 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 1.759 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 2.075 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 1.876 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 1.566 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 1.976 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
  28. 1.651 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  29. 1.781 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 2.192 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 1.966 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
  32. 3.090 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 2.679 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 69 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 2.184 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 2.171 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 82 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 2.010 km ENE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 92 km deep · 42 km away
  37. 2.180 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 2.164 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 76 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 2.075 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 2.174 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away
  41. 2.073 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 49 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 2.080 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 2.590 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 1.746 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 2.026 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 72 km deep · 38 km away
  46. 1.872 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 2.061 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  48. 1.719 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 2.051 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 75 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 2.270 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 2.014 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 2.084 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 3.383 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  54. 2.276 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 3.193 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 1.513 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  57. 1.513 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 2.371 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
  59. 2.389 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 1.614 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 83.

Before

  1. 3.638 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 76 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 1.841 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 60 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 2.049 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 73 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.888 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.825 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 72 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 1.645 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 63 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.680 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.421 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 81 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 1.880 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.781 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.913 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 111 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 1.889 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.681 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.818 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 79 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 2.948 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 96 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.991 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.188 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.676 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 49 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 2.089 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 147 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.218 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 115 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021bv1d7hw. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC.