Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 29 km W of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 29 km W of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 7:11 AM AKDT (15:11 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 84 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-26 15:11:49 UTC
Depth
25.1 km (15.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.807° N, 163.860° 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
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.626 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 1.852 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.0105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 1.532 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 1.619 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 1.932 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 1.836 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 3.384 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.627 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 1.539 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 2.062 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 123 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 1.923 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 3.225 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 1.524 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 3.281 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1922 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 1.899 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.7100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.187 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 123 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.328 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 99 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 2.150 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.29 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 93 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 1.942 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.952 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.940 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 2.129 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 82 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.824 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 1.520 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 1.631 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 2.096 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 1.830 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 94 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 2.087 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.932 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.784 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 2.149 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0215c3c81r. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:09 AM UTC.