Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 23 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 23 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska on Sat, Jul 3, 2021, 12:22 PM AKDT (20:22 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 22 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, Jul 3, 2021, 12:22 PM AKDT
UTC: 2021-07-03 20:22:39 UTC
Depth: 110.1 km (68.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.072° N, 166.118° 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 14.4 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 148°
Stations used: 26

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast23 kmWSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 69.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000f76f (also filed as ak0218gmxbtr). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 6:45 PM UTC.