Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 42 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 42 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 11:41 PM AKDT (07:41 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 9 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-23 07:41:28 UTC
Depth
17.6 km (10.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.567° N, 162.976° 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
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.29 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 93 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 1.867 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.798 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.150 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.360 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.328 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 99 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.029 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.626 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 1.852 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 62 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 1.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 63 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 1.532 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.926 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 90 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 1.619 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  22. 3.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 1.932 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 1.836 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  25. 3.384 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 2.0116 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 1.627 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 2.123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  29. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 2.4110 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 2.082 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 1.539 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
  33. 2.691 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 2.070 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 1.923 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 3.3131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 3.225 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  40. 1.982 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 2.559 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 53 km deep · 45 km away
  42. 3.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 1.524 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  44. 1.666 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  46. 1.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  47. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  48. 3.281 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
  49. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1921 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away

Before

  1. 2.279 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.952 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 56 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 2.940 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.129 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 82 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 1.824 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 1.626 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.144 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 59 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 1.8119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.799 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.520 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 1.631 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.096 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.566 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.830 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 94 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 2.6112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.087 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 1.932 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.874 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02157053mp. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:34 PM UTC.