M2.5 earthquake Alaska Peninsula
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Sun, Jun 20, 2021, 1:38 PM AKDT (21:38 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 88 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-20 21:38:03 UTC
- Depth
- 20.0 km (12.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.760° N, 162.585° 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 3.2 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 163°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.788 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.740 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1915 days ago · -3 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.547 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.571 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 36 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 78 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.6101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.621 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 153 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.698 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.663 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.691 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.156 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 177 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.077 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.734 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 101 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.093 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.940 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.615 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 92 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.750 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 101 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.541 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 86 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.5104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.926 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.559 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 36 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.290 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.813 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 88 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.010 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 96 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.814 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 114 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.970 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 55 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.075 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.646 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.037 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 95 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.837 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 60 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.638 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.220 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 79 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.390 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.066 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.584 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.071 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.710 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.168 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.890 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.630 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.524 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.754 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.573 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 73 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.941 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 48 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.671 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of 103.
Before
- 3.295 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.281 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.666 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.524 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.559 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 53 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.982 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.225 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.777 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.923 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.854 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ef3e (also filed as av91286676). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:31 PM UTC.