Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 71 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 71 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 9:14 AM AKST (18:14 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 76 km SW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-28 18:14:07 UTC
Depth
11.3 km (7.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.591° N, 164.420° 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.

Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.972 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.876 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 2.1102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.347 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 163 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 1.818 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.922 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.324 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 3.262 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.395 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.037 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 63 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.478 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.496 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.449 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 147 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 3.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.142 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 62 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.9101 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 68 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 3.139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 2.151 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 112 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2044 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.66 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 116 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 1.937 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 2.542 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 81 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 54 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 2.331 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 2.835 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 2.222 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 2.4118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 3.589 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 88 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 2.045 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 75 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  32. 2.562 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 1.798 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 2.194 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away
  35. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 2.741 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 184 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 2.579 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 2.180 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 2.244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 2.075 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 2.0105 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 40 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 1.988 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
  46. 2.043 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  48. 1.651 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  49. 2.1113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  51. 1.721 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 1.839 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  54. 1.823 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 2.125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 2.1108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
  57. 1.855 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
  58. 2.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 2.330 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 122 km deep · 41 km away
  60. 1.790 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 66.

Before

  1. 1.770 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.595 km S of False Pass, AK · 2065 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 3.084 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 3.570 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 103 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.824 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 104 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.2116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.548 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.088 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.981 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.817 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.2119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 3.0122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.3116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.113 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 4.3121 km ESE of Akutan, AK · 2081 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 3.5117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 3.5121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 2.8121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.3121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.470 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0211alujcu. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 8:53 PM UTC.