Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 63 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 63 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska on Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 3:02 PM AKDT (23:02 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 3:02 PM AKDT
UTC: 2021-03-29 23:02:09 UTC
Depth: 103.5 km (64.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.423° N, 164.928° 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 9.6 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 172°
Stations used: 25

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast64 kmENE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 50 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000dxqu (also filed as ak02141wzyoc). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:27 PM UTC.