Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 30 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 30 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Nov 16, 2021, 9:12 PM AKST (06:12 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 29 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-11-17 06:12:21 UTC
Depth
9.7 km (6.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.590° N, 163.285° 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: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.629 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 61 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.956 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.919 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.172 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 78 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 1.872 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.687 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.280 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.930 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 1.957 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.1107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 3.623 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 1.929 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 1.930 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 1.965 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 41 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.545 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 2.197 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 3.0105 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 2.6100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.536 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
  24. 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  25. 2.175 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  26. 2.540 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 2.578 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 2.789 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 3.021 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 85 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 2.742 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  31. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  32. 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away
  33. 1.987 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  35. 1.622 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 2.726 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 172 km deep · 54 km away
  38. 3.345 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 2.525 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 105 km deep · 9 km away
  40. 3.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  41. 2.081 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 1.627 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  43. 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  44. 2.843 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 2.148 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 74 km deep · 33 km away
  46. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  47. 3.039 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  48. 1.829 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  49. 2.799 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 2.682 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 2.294 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
  52. 2.035 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  53. 1.728 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  54. 2.966 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 3.424 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
  56. 2.643 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  57. 2.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  58. 2.8120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 2.073 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 1.974 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of 81.

Before

  1. 1.963 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 76 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 2.564 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 2.122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 2.122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 1.778 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.186 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.832 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 1.726 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 2.541 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 1.67 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 2.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 2.587 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.542 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 1.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.084 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 54 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 1.962 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 2.227 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021eqz5mcu (also filed as av91421506). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:15 AM UTC.