Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska on Wed, Mar 31, 2021, 5:17 AM AKDT (13:17 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Wed, Mar 31, 2021, 5:17 AM AKDT
UTC: 2021-03-31 13:17:53 UTC
Depth: 24.2 km (15.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.263° N, 164.242° 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 2.2 km horizontally, 12.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 259°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 27

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast140 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 62.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000e27e (also filed as ak0214527n0h). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:44 PM UTC.