Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 104 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 104 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 6:48 PM AKST (03:48 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-18 03:48:44 UTC
Depth
12.4 km (7.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.927° N, 163.171° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 63 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.3152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.2163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.390 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 3.164 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.273 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 73 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.982 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.985 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.791 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.542 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 81 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 3.168 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.763 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 2.331 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 2.4105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 2.222 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 2.4118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.3108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 2.196 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  21. 2.6145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 2.5120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 3.589 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 88 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 2.562 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
  26. 1.798 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 2.194 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 2.2132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 2.259 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 1.969 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 1.648 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 3.1156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 2.579 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 2.244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 2.0105 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 1.988 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  41. 2.043 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 1.651 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 2.1113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 2.765 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  46. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 1.721 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 1.839 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  49. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 1.823 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 2.125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 2.1108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 51 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 2.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  54. 1.655 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 2.248 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 1.790 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  57. 2.3133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 2.7144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 2.198 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 2.2102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away

The first 60 of 96.

Before

  1. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2044 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 3.139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.754 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.142 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 3.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.496 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 3.186 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 3.0125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.054 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 3.0106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.395 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 2.7101 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 3.262 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 2.0153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 2.324 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2060 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 2.1123 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 2.277 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.922 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.894 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021293eoun. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 8:45 PM UTC.