Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 82 km E of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 82 km E of Akutan, Alaska on Sun, Dec 26, 2021, 5:05 PM AKST (02:05 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Dec 26, 2021, 5:05 PM AKST
UTC: 2021-12-27 02:05:46 UTC
Depth: 49.8 km (31.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.133° N, 164.508° 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 9.9 km horizontally, 28.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 196°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 25

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast83 kmE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 179 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 179.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000geqc (also filed as ak021gl28bmj). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:19 PM UTC.