Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 51 km S of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 51 km S of Akutan, Alaska on Sun, Nov 21, 2021, 2:47 AM AKST (11:47 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 74 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-11-21 11:47:50 UTC
Depth
31.5 km (19.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.673° N, 165.828° 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
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.446 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 101 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.035 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 71 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 1.648 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.641 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.633 km NNW of Akutan, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 110 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.883 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.060 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 47 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.270 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.656 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 71 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 3.133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 106 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 1.7102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.975 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 1.783 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 2.988 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.780 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.958 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 55 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 1.980 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 1.673 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 2.770 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 29 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 1.96 km NW of Akutan, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 106 km deep · 56 km away
  21. 1.654 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.832 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 2.066 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 39 km deep · 21 km away
  24. 3.098 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 1.877 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 3.530 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 80 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 3.1103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 2.268 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 29 km deep · 30 km away
  29. 4.574 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 2.030 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 86 km deep · 60 km away
  31. 2.019 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 90 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 2.173 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  33. 1.964 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.850 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 56 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 2.7129 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 1.973 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 2.254 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 3.4Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  39. 2.943 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 62 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 2.0south of the Aleutian Islands · 1746 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 1.641 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  42. 1.748 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
  43. 1.845 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 66 km deep · 7 km away
  44. 1.735 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  45. 2.240 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 63 km deep · 20 km away
  46. 1.779 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  47. 2.158 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
  48. 1.516 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 3.199 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 1.934 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 59 km deep · 23 km away
  51. 1.8108 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 3.295 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 2.532 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 78 km deep · 63 km away
  54. 1.774 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  55. 2.897 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 2.161 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
  57. 2.285 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 1.755 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  59. 2.966 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  60. 1.875 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of 103.

Before

  1. 2.739 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 76 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 2.7120 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.054 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 52 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 2.390 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.986 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 2.073 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.824 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 1.791 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 3.163 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.965 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.5128 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.793 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.629 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 2.080 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 3.539 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 65 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 1.553 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.675 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.845 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.554 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 55 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 1.519 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 79 km deep · 32 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021exohpz7. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:02 AM UTC.