Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 46 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 46 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 3:54 AM AKDT (11:54 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 32 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-28 11:54:44 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.694° N, 162.743° 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

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Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.132 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 171 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.618 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 113 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.074 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.971 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.855 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 2.229 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 96 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.195 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.678 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 2.073 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 3.020 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 161 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 81 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.6104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.542 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 3.093 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.981 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 1.9112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  22. 2.153 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 1.553 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 2.155 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 1.654 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 1.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 2.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 1.983 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 1.854 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 1.659 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 2.185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 2.137 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 82 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 1.840 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 96 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 3.091 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 1.576 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 1.651 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  38. 1.693 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 1.658 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  40. 1.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 2.5102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 2.284 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  43. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1862 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 1.570 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 2.557 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 94 km deep · 20 km away
  48. 2.6103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  49. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 2.099 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 1.813 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 1.868 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  54. 2.088 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  55. 1.955 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  57. 1.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 1.554 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 1.536 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 56 km deep · 40 km away
  60. 1.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 104.

Before

  1. 2.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.131 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 95 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 1.671 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 1.941 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.573 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 1.754 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 78 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.524 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 2.5100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.8111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.630 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.890 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.168 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.710 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 2.071 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.066 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 2.390 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away

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