Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 93 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 93 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Aug 28, 2021, 1:44 AM AKDT (09:44 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 154 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Akutan forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-28 09:44:09 UTC
Depth
24.8 km (15.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.150° N, 164.203° 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
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 115 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.943 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.758 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.5114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 1.579 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 60 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 1.676 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.678 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 70 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 2.188 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 76 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 1.661 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 73 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 1.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.991 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 66 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 4.5147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.9116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 1.9132 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.818 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.799 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 2.6160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.681 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.889 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.9118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  21. 1.781 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 3.0156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 2.0166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 2.0163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 2.8161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 1.880 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 1.8147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 2.421 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 3.3157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 2.9161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 1.712 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 115 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 1.8124 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 2.0153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 1.680 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
  35. 1.834 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 78 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 3.2151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 5.1154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 5
  38. 2.2154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 1.825 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 2.5159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 2.6163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 2.8165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 3.3151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 4.1157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 2.897 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  46. 2.7157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 2.6159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  48. 2.5162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  49. 2.0160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 2.2165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 2.7166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 4.7160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 3.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 3.2149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 2.049 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 73 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 2.4160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 1.841 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 60 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 3.3144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 3.2142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 3.638 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of 115.

Before

  1. 2.753 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.895 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 1.997 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.917 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 105 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 1.770 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.889 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 1.536 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 2.099 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.0126 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.6103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.5118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 2.2107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 1.629 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 64 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 3.7152 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.570 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 1.891 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021b12ln7s. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:00 AM UTC.