M1.6 earthquake 71 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 71 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jul 26, 2021, 6:40 PM AKDT (02:40 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 46 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-27 02:40:52 UTC
- Depth
- 19.0 km (11.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.265° N, 162.972° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 134 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.146 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.074 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.971 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.855 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.1147 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.9146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.3151 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.8151 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.195 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.678 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8110 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.7149 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.4south of Alaska · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0162 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.5168 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.0145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.3167 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.073 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.2110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 81 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.9116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.6104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.542 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.093 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.897 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.6157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.981 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.9112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.153 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.553 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.155 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.654 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.983 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.854 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.659 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.137 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8159 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.576 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.651 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.693 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.5102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 32 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.284 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1863 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.570 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 53 km deep · 44 km away
The first 60 of 134.
Before
- 1.941 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 48 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 73 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.573 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 45 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.754 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 78 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.524 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.5100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.294 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.890 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.168 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.4152 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.7158 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.4154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.071 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.066 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.220 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
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