Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 79 km E of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 79 km E of Akutan, Alaska on Mon, Mar 15, 2021, 4:27 PM AKDT (00:27 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 89 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.5 (ml), micro
Local time: Mon, Mar 15, 2021, 4:27 PM AKDT
UTC: 2021-03-16 00:27:41 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.056° N, 164.566° 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.

Location uncertainty: About 2.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.13
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 224°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 22

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast79 kmE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 104.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000e05g (also filed as ak0213g1gwpw). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:35 PM UTC.