Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 87 km W of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 87 km W of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 10:52 AM AKDT (18:52 UTC), 123 km (76 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 25 km NW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-25 18:52:39 UTC
Depth
123.0 km (76.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.768° N, 164.772° 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
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.7100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.899 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.029 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.626 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.0105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.987 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.532 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.932 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.836 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.539 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.062 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 123 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 1.923 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 3.225 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 1.524 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 2.29 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 93 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 3.5100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 1.824 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.778 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.737 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 94 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.520 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.631 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.096 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.830 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 94 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 1.932 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.99 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 101 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.784 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 2.018 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 87 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.953 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 1.934 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 2.769 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 1.822 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away

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