Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 96 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 96 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Apr 17, 2021, 12:41 AM AKDT (08:41 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 29 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-17 08:41:59 UTC
Depth
21.4 km (13.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.093° N, 164.111° 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

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.631 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.520 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.737 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 94 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 1.797 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.8119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 1.5103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 52 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 1.778 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 1.824 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 2.129 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 3.2108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 2.940 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.288 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.039 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 77 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 3.9149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 3.0152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.942 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 3.5100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 2.8118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 2.29 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 93 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.6160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 2.798 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 2.8151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 2.187 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 123 km deep · 86 km away
  24. 1.9121 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  26. 1.7100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
  27. 1.899 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  28. 2.029 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 1.626 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  30. 2.1106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 43 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 2.7165 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 2.0114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  36. 2.0105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 67 km deep · 16 km away
  37. 2.1114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 1.987 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 1.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 1.532 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 2.170 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 75 km deep · 61 km away
  43. 2.160 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 1.932 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  45. 1.836 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 3.384 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 2.123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  48. 2.191 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 1.645 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 2.7110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away
  52. 1.773 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
  53. 1.539 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
  54. 3.593 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
  55. 2.062 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 123 km deep · 69 km away
  56. 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  57. 1.923 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 2.0100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 48 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 3.3131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 1.8116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.830 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 94 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.882 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.6112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.087 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.932 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 1.672 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.872 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.99 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 101 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.2104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 2.784 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.3115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 2.018 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 87 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.979 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 1.882 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 1.953 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.9106 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away

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