Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 149 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 149 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Oct 5, 2021, 8:27 PM AKDT (04:27 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 147 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-06 04:27:20 UTC
Depth
20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.508° N, 163.523° 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
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 3.3154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 4.4153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.192 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.467 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.184 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 3.4132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 2.180 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.164 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 76 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.569 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.364 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 3.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.080 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.0102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 3.6102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.899 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.5110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.951 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.4160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 2.2154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
  21. 2.8117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 51 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 2.7114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 3.9146 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 1.994 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 78 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 1.884 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 2.1120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 49 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 2.6114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 32 km deep · 52 km away
  29. 2.896 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 1.995 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 2.5115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  32. 2.182 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
  33. 2.0113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 55 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 1.962 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 2.084 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
  36. 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 1.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 2.587 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 2.080 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 2.5128 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 2.1108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  42. 2.2105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  43. 3.8105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
  44. 2.7100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 2.4138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 2.6112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 2.073 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 3.1112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 2.3107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 48 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 2.986 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 2.7120 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  53. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  55. 1.7102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 1.9139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 1.783 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 1.780 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 2.1107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  60. 3.3135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of 66.

Before

  1. 4.5152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 4.4129 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 1.9122 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 2.0119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 4.0111 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.075 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.9114 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.6170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 2.151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 3.0151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 2.096 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.088 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.6194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 2.9140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.393 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.8162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 51 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 2.6195 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away

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