M2.1 earthquake 89 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 89 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 11:25 PM AKST (08:25 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 99 km SSE 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
- 2021-12-17 08:25:35 UTC
- Depth
- 5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.172° N, 162.669° 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
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 155 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.525 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 105 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.942 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.081 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 43 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.627 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.839 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.843 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.148 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.3151 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.039 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.829 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.799 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.294 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 27 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.035 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.728 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.789 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.966 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.424 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.643 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.8120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.854 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.633 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.031 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1720 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.889 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.534 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.1119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.197 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.735 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.186 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 71 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.193 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.794 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.653 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.725 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.581 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.876 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.772 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.637 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.335 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.638 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.259 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.5121 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.540 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.1112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 58 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.027 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of 155.
Before
- 1.622 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.987 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.742 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.021 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 85 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.789 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.578 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.540 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.175 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.536 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.6100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.8123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.3122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.960 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
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