Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 92 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 92 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 6:15 PM AKDT (02:15 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 162 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-16 02:15:12 UTC
Depth
51.0 km (31.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.043° N, 163.714° 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: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 100 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.938 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 69 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 2.8162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 2.393 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 2.043 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.279 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.054 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.9140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 2.088 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.165 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.096 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 3.0151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 1.979 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 63 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 2.260 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.6170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 2.9114 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 2.075 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 4.0111 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 2.0119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
  23. 1.632 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 1.9122 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 4.4129 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 4.5152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 2.4149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 4.4147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 3.3154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 4.4153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 2.192 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 2.467 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 75 km deep · 36 km away
  33. 2.679 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 2.184 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 2.171 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 82 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 3.4132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 2.180 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 2.164 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 2.569 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 61 km deep · 24 km away
  40. 2.075 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 2.364 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 48 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 3.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  43. 2.080 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 2.0102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  45. 2.557 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 93 km deep · 50 km away
  46. 2.5102 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 3.389 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 3.6102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  49. 2.899 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  50. 3.790 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 2.5110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 1.951 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 2.4160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 2.2154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 1.967 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 50 km deep · 100 km away
  56. 2.8117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 51 km deep · 34 km away
  58. 2.7114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
  59. 3.9146 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 1.994 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 78 km deep · 40 km away

The first 60 of 83.

Before

  1. 2.8156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 3.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 71 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.1151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 3.7152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 2.5157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 3.2142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 3.3144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.4160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.049 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.8177 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 3.2149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 3.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 4.7160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.6172 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.7166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.2165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.5171 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.0160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.5162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away

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