Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 76 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 76 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska on Sat, Oct 2, 2021, 9:06 AM AKDT (17:06 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 77 km S of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-02 17:06:52 UTC
Depth
22.1 km (13.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.489° N, 165.372° 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: 120 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.0119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.566 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 1.976 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 34 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 1.651 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.781 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 2.192 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 1.966 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 3.090 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.679 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.184 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 2.2161 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.010 km ENE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 92 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 2.882 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 3.4132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.180 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 39 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 2.164 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.075 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 2.174 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 49 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 2.073 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 49 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 2.080 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 58 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 2.590 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 2.026 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 1.872 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 2.061 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
  25. 3.0138 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  26. 2.051 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 75 km deep · 27 km away
  27. 2.270 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 2.014 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.084 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  30. 3.383 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 2.276 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 61 km deep · 12 km away
  32. 3.193 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
  33. 1.513 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 1.513 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 2.371 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 63 km deep · 14 km away
  36. 2.389 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
  37. 2.5110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 2.590 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 1.614 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 2.615 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 1.614 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 1.613 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 4.477 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 3.172 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 3.470 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 2.074 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 2.115 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 1.967 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
  50. 1.8109 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 3.676 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 2.077 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  54. 1.980 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  55. 2.7114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 1.694 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
  57. 3.9146 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 1.994 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 1.774 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 1.849 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 120.

Before

  1. 2.075 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 49 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 1.759 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.260 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 76 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.160 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 46 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 1.668 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 2.096 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 2.165 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.088 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 61 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.9140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.670 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 1.712 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.054 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 3.457 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 1.832 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 65 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 1.875 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 1.981 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.652 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 1.65 km SW of Akutan, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 3.638 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 76 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021cn2y7f5. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:49 PM UTC.