M2.1 earthquake 97 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 97 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Dec 4, 2021, 5:11 AM AKST (14:11 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 105 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-04 14:11:35 UTC
- Depth
- 17.4 km (10.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.979° N, 163.518° 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
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 142 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.0105 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.3122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.8123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.6100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.536 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.098 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.1103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.175 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.540 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.578 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.789 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.021 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 85 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.574 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.742 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.987 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.622 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.345 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.525 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 105 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.081 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.627 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.843 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.148 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 74 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 39 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.8108 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.039 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.829 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.799 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.295 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.682 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.897 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.294 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.035 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.728 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.424 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.643 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.2113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.7120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.7123 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.8120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.864 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.073 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.974 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.854 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.633 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.1107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.175 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.031 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.054 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1717 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.889 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.1153 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
The first 60 of 142.
Before
- 2.9139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.1136 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.545 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.3130 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.8139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.3135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.965 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.930 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.929 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.623 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.957 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.780 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.783 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.930 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.280 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.687 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.872 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.172 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away
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