Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 51 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 51 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 2:31 AM AKDT (10:31 UTC), 66 km (41 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-28 10:31:53 UTC
Depth
66.4 km (41.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.395° N, 163.469° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.8117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.931 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.7114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.994 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.883 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 1.884 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 2.1120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.786 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.6114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.896 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 1.995 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.5115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.182 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 2.0113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 55 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 2.227 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 1.962 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 40 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 2.084 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 54 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 51 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 1.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 2.542 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 2.587 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 2.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  24. 1.67 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  25. 2.541 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 1.726 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
  27. 2.080 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 1.832 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  29. 2.186 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 1.778 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 2.122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  32. 2.122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  33. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  34. 2.564 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 2.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  36. 1.963 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
  37. 2.130 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 2.155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 2.629 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
  40. 2.1108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 2.2105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  42. 3.8105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 2.7100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  44. 2.6112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 3.1112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 2.3107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 48 km deep · 80 km away
  48. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  49. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  50. 1.919 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
  51. 2.172 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 78 km deep · 42 km away
  52. 1.872 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  53. 2.687 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 2.280 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  55. 1.930 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
  56. 1.780 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 48 km deep · 100 km away
  57. 1.957 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 2.1107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  59. 3.623 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 1.929 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away

The first 60 of 103.

Before

  1. 2.654 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.5110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 3.790 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 2.899 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 3.6102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 3.389 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.5102 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.557 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 93 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 2.0102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 3.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.364 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 48 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 2.075 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.569 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 61 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 52 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.161 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.171 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.679 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.467 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 75 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 4.4147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.4149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away

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