Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 71 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 71 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska on Thu, Nov 18, 2021, 4:43 PM AKST (01:43 UTC), 116 km (72 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 63 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-11-19 01:43:38 UTC
Depth
116.4 km (72.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.766° N, 165.556° 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 12.2 km horizontally, 11.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
210°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.648 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.872 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.633 km NNW of Akutan, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 110 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.687 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 3.133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 106 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 3.199 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 177 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.96 km NW of Akutan, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 106 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.832 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 3.563 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 183 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 3.530 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 80 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.030 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 2.019 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 90 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.254 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 115 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 3.345 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.735 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 1.516 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 2.682 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.073 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.974 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 2.175 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
  21. 2.054 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 1.837 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 2.7105 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 179 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 2.846 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 1.917 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.786 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.924 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 87 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 2.115 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 79 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000g8vq (also filed as ak021eu7ftxh). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:06 PM UTC.