Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Sun, Nov 21, 2021, 10:45 PM AKST (07:45 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 99 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Nov 21, 2021, 10:45 PM AKST
UTC: 2021-11-22 07:45:43 UTC
Depth: 27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.480° N, 161.043° 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 4.6 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 194°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 28

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast101 kmSSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 147 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 147.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000gfp5 (also filed as ak021ez9mxej). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:46 AM UTC.