M2.2 earthquake 237 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 237 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Apr 18, 2021, 7:34 AM AKDT (15:34 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 149 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-18 15:34:19 UTC
- Depth
- 3.4 km (2.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.761° N, 162.695° 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
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.0152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.6160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.7165 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.5156 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.6148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.6206 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.7240 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.9233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
Before
- 2.5218 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.8208 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.1229 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.1215 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.8241 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0214yv6b92. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:26 PM UTC.