Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 79 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 79 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 7:55 PM AKDT (03:55 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 51 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-01 03:55:54 UTC
Depth
32.7 km (20.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.312° N, 162.619° 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
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 93 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.9114 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 4.0111 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 47 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.7107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 60 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.632 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.284 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 4.4129 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.467 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.844 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.9103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.161 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 52 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 3.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 2.273 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 2.569 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 2.364 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 48 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 3.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 2.0102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 1.565 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 2.489 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 2.557 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 93 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 2.5102 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  29. 2.084 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  30. 2.086 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 3.389 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  32. 3.6102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 2.899 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 3.398 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 2.787 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 1.515 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 3.790 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
  38. 2.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 2.654 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 1.951 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
  41. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 2.8117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  43. 1.931 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 2.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  45. 3.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 1.953 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away
  47. 1.883 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  48. 2.896 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  49. 2.5115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 2.182 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 42 km deep · 56 km away
  51. 2.227 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  52. 1.962 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 40 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 2.084 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 54 km deep · 67 km away
  54. 1.784 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  55. 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 51 km deep · 35 km away
  56. 1.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 2.542 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  58. 2.981 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  59. 2.587 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
  60. 2.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away

The first 60 of 93.

Before

  1. 1.511 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.286 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 1.975 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 2.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 2.279 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 2.043 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 2.393 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 1.938 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 69 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 3.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.190 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 2.897 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.592 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 1.834 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 1.712 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 115 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 2.697 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 1.585 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 1.570 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021cl7dao8. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC.