Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 159 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 159 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Aug 14, 2021, 8:44 AM AKDT (16:44 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 207 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-14 16:44:43 UTC
Depth
27.1 km (16.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.500° N, 162.596° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 94 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7207 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.5102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1862 days ago · 37 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 3.7152 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.2107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.5118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.6103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.0126 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.099 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 2.8254 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.088 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.889 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.770 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.997 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.7232 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.090 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 4.5147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.9116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 1.9132 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 1.799 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 2.6160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 2.1174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 2.2170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 2.1170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 3.0156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  28. 2.0166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 2.0163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 2.8161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 1.8147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 3.3157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 2.9161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 1.8124 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 2.1169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 2.0185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 2.2171 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 2.0153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
  40. 2.3166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 3.2151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 5.1154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 5
  43. 2.2154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 2.4166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 2.5159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  46. 2.592 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 4.1168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  48. 2.6163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  49. 2.8165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 2.2168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 3.3151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
  52. 4.1157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 2.897 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  54. 2.190 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 2.7157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 2.6159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 2.5162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 2.0160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  59. 2.5171 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  60. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of 94.

Before

  1. 2.185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.983 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.9112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.981 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.6157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 2.6104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 3.3167 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 2.0145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 42 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 2.5145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.0143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 3.5168 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 2.0162 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 3.4south of Alaska · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 1.9148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 3.7149 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 1.8110 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.195 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021ae18w52. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC.