M1.6 earthquake 31 km S of False Pass, Alaska

Magnitude

1.6 (ml), micro

Local time

Sat, Apr 17, 2021, 8:11 AM AKDT

UTC

2021-04-17 16:11:42 UTC

Depth

11.3 km (7.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

54.572° N, 163.339° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

31

• King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast85 kmSW

After

1. 1.520 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Apr 17, 10:16 AM AKDT · 1985 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
2. 2.799 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Apr 17, 3:26 PM AKDT · 1985 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
3. 1.8119 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Apr 17, 9:30 PM AKDT · 1985 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
4. 2.144 km S of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Apr 18, 4:05 AM AKDT · 1984 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away
5. 1.5103 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Apr 18, 7:01 AM AKDT · 1984 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away
6. 1.824 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Apr 18, 8:43 PM AKDT · 1984 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
7. 2.129 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Apr 19, 2:24 AM AKDT · 1983 days ago · 82 km deep · 18 km away
8. 2.940 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Apr 19, 1:14 PM AKDT · 1983 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
9. 1.952 km SSW of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Apr 20, 5:14 AM AKDT · 1982 days ago · 56 km deep · 52 km away
10. 1.942 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Apr 22, 11:41 PM AKDT · 1980 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
11. 3.5100 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Apr 22, 11:49 PM AKDT · 1980 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
12. 2.29 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Apr 23, 11:45 AM AKDT · 1979 days ago · 93 km deep · 22 km away
13. 1.867 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Apr 23, 4:07 PM AKDT · 1979 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
14. 2.798 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Apr 23, 5:51 PM AKDT · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
15. 2.150 km SSW of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Apr 24, 4:01 PM AKDT · 1978 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
16. 2.328 km NE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Apr 25, 2:08 AM AKDT · 1977 days ago · 99 km deep · 55 km away
17. 2.187 km W of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Apr 25, 10:52 AM AKDT · 1977 days ago · 123 km deep · 95 km away
18. 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Apr 25, 8:48 PM AKDT · 1977 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
19. 1.7100 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Apr 26, 3:01 AM AKDT · 1976 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
20. 1.899 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Apr 26, 5:42 AM AKDT · 1976 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
21. 2.029 km W of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Apr 26, 7:11 AM AKDT · 1976 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
22. 1.626 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Apr 26, 3:29 PM AKDT · 1976 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
23. 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Apr 27, 12:34 AM AKDT · 1976 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
24. 2.0Unimak Island region, AlaskaTue, Apr 27, 4:21 AM AKDT · 1975 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
25. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Apr 27, 12:24 PM AKDT · 1975 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
26. 2.0114 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Apr 27, 10:50 PM AKDT · 1975 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
27. 1.852 km ESE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Apr 28, 2:22 AM AKDT · 1974 days ago · 62 km deep · 41 km away
28. 2.0105 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Apr 28, 4:15 AM AKDT · 1974 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
29. 2.1114 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Apr 28, 4:17 AM AKDT · 1974 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
30. 1.737 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Apr 28, 9:07 AM AKDT · 1974 days ago · 63 km deep · 10 km away
31. 1.532 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Apr 28, 5:28 PM AKDT · 1974 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
32. 1.926 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Apr 29, 1:17 AM AKDT · 1974 days ago · 90 km deep · 79 km away
33. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Apr 29, 5:27 AM AKDT · 1973 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
34. 1.619 km SSW of Cold Bay, AlaskaFri, Apr 30, 10:21 AM AKDT · 1972 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
35. 1.932 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, May 7, 7:47 PM AKDT · 1965 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
36. 1.836 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, May 8, 11:36 AM AKDT · 1964 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
37. 3.384 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, May 9, 11:43 AM AKDT · 1963 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
38. 1.627 km S of King Cove, AlaskaThu, May 13, 7:01 AM AKDT · 1959 days ago · 72 km deep · 70 km away
39. 2.123 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, May 13, 11:11 AM AKDT · 1959 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
40. 2.024 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, May 14, 12:59 PM AKDT · 1958 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
41. 2.4110 km S of King Cove, AlaskaSun, May 16, 3:43 PM AKDT · 1956 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
42. 1.539 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, May 18, 8:56 PM AKDT · 1954 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
43. 2.298 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, May 29, 5:32 AM AKDT · 1943 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
44. 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, May 29, 10:29 AM AKDT · 1943 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
45. 1.923 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, May 29, 1:01 PM AKDT · 1943 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
46. 3.3131 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jun 1, 11:15 PM AKDT · 1940 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
47. 3.225 km NW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jun 6, 5:56 AM AKDT · 1935 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
48. 2.559 km S of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Jun 10, 9:27 AM AKDT · 1931 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away

Before

1. 2.096 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Apr 17, 12:41 AM AKDT · 1986 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
2. 1.830 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Apr 16, 8:15 PM AKDT · 1986 days ago · 94 km deep · 16 km away
3. 2.6112 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Apr 14, 5:34 PM AKDT · 1988 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
4. 2.087 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Apr 14, 10:13 AM AKDT · 1988 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
5. 1.932 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Apr 14, 7:49 AM AKDT · 1988 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
6. 1.8Unimak Island region, AlaskaTue, Apr 13, 7:41 PM AKDT · 1989 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
7. 2.2104 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Apr 11, 1:22 AM AKDT · 1992 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
8. 2.784 km W of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Apr 10, 9:00 PM AKDT · 1992 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
9. 2.149 km SSW of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Apr 10, 4:56 AM AKDT · 1992 days ago · 55 km deep · 45 km away
10. 2.3115 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Apr 9, 4:47 AM AKDT · 1993 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
11. 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Apr 8, 4:52 AM AKDT · 1994 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
12. 1.767 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Apr 5, 6:29 PM AKDT · 1997 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
13. 2.128 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Apr 5, 12:54 PM AKDT · 1997 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
14. 1.882 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Apr 5, 8:33 AM AKDT · 1997 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
15. 1.953 km W of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Apr 4, 7:52 PM AKDT · 1998 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
16. 2.9106 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Apr 4, 6:02 PM AKDT · 1998 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
17. 1.934 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Apr 4, 10:22 AM AKDT · 1998 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
18. 2.5Unimak Island region, AlaskaSun, Apr 4, 4:46 AM AKDT · 1998 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
19. 2.8101 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Apr 3, 8:54 AM AKDT · 1999 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
20. 2.7109 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Apr 2, 11:44 PM AKDT · 2000 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0214x83inw (also filed as av91223501). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:21 PM UTC.