Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 29 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 29 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Apr 19, 2021, 2:24 AM AKDT (10:24 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 40 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-19 10:24:34 UTC
Depth
82.4 km (51.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.660° N, 163.102° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.940 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 1.952 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 56 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.279 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.942 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 2.29 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 93 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 1.867 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.798 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.150 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 2.328 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 99 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 2.029 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.626 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 1.852 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 62 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 1.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 63 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 1.532 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 1.926 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 90 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 1.619 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 1.932 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  23. 1.836 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 3.384 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 1.627 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 2.123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  27. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
  28. 2.4110 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 2.082 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 1.539 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 2.070 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 1.923 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  35. 3.225 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 1.982 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 2.559 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 53 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 1.524 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  39. 1.666 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 1.824 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 1.626 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.144 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.8119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.799 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.520 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 1.631 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.096 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.830 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 94 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 2.6112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.087 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.932 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 1.874 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.149 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 55 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 2.167 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.3115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 2.631 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 190 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.767 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away

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