Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 102 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 102 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 5:03 PM AKST (02:03 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 97 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-31 02:03:32 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.935° N, 163.518° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 107 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.597 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.796 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.084 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.680 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.347 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 163 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.818 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.894 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.922 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.277 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.1123 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2060 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 2.324 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.0153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 3.262 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 64 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.7101 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.395 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 2.583 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 3.0106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 3.0125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 2.196 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 3.186 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 2.478 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 2.496 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  24. 3.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 40 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 2.142 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
  26. 3.139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 2.091 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2044 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 2.0104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 2.3139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
  31. 2.3152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
  32. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 2.2163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 2.390 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 2.273 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 1.982 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  37. 3.488 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 1.985 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  39. 2.791 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 3.991 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 2.542 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 81 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 2.282 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 54 km deep · 50 km away
  44. 2.331 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 2.4105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  46. 2.222 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 2.4118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  48. 2.3108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  49. 2.196 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  50. 2.6145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  51. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 2.5120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  53. 3.589 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 88 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 2.562 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  56. 1.798 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  57. 2.194 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 2.2132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  60. 1.648 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 107.

Before

  1. 2.186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 2.876 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.972 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.071 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.770 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.179 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.595 km S of False Pass, AK · 2065 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 3.093 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 3.084 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.090 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 3.570 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 103 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 3.490 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 2.2116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 2.383 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 2.088 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 1.981 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.817 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.2119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 47 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 3.0122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 2.3116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 51 km deep · 39 km away

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