Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 97 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 97 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Aug 27, 2021, 3:19 PM AKDT (23:19 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 88 km SW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-27 23:19:07 UTC
Depth
14.0 km (8.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.981° N, 163.272° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 114 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.895 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.693 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 1.943 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.758 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 60 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 1.5114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.579 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.678 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.188 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.661 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 2.090 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 1.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 1.991 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 4.5147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.9116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 1.9132 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.799 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 2.6160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 1.9118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.781 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.1174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 2.2170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 2.1170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 3.0156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 2.0166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 2.0163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 2.8161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 1.880 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 1.8147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 3.3157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 2.9161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 1.712 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 115 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.8124 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 2.1169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 2.0185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 2.2171 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 2.0153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 1.680 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 1.834 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
  40. 2.3166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 3.2151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
  42. 5.1154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 5
  43. 2.2154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 2.4166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 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 · 72 km away
  47. 4.1168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 2.6163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 2.8165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 2.2168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 3.3151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 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 · 21 km away
  54. 2.190 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 2.7157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 2.6159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  57. 2.5162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  58. 2.0160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 2.5171 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 114.

Before

  1. 1.770 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 1.889 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 1.536 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 1.955 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.088 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.099 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.0126 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 2.6103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 2.5118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 2.2107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 28 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 2.557 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 94 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 3.7152 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.570 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 53 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1862 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.284 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 2.5102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 32 km deep · 16 km away

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