M1.7 earthquake 70 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska

Magnitude

1.7 (ml), micro

Local time

Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 9:06 AM AKST

UTC

2021-01-28 18:06:07 UTC

Depth

1.6 km (1.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

54.563° N, 164.386° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.7 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.14

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

184°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

5

• Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast102 kmENE

After

1. 2.071 km WSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 28, 9:14 AM AKST · 2064 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
2. 1.972 km WSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 28, 9:19 AM AKST · 2064 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
3. 2.876 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 28, 9:32 AM AKST · 2064 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
4. 2.1102 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 30, 5:03 PM AKST · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
5. 2.347 km WSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 31, 10:14 AM AKST · 2061 days ago · 163 km deep · 23 km away
6. 1.818 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 31, 11:51 AM AKST · 2061 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
7. 1.922 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 31, 6:27 PM AKST · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
8. 2.324 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Feb 1, 9:53 AM AKST · 2060 days ago · 83 km deep · 64 km away
9. 3.262 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Feb 4, 3:19 AM AKST · 2057 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
10. 2.395 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Feb 4, 4:44 PM AKST · 2057 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
11. 3.0106 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Feb 7, 12:56 PM AKST · 2054 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
12. 2.037 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Feb 13, 7:21 PM AKST · 2048 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
13. 2.478 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Feb 14, 5:01 AM AKST · 2047 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
14. 2.496 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Feb 14, 10:31 AM AKST · 2047 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
15. 2.449 km NNW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Feb 15, 11:20 AM AKST · 2046 days ago · 147 km deep · 94 km away
16. 3.3Unimak Island region, AlaskaMon, Feb 15, 8:32 PM AKST · 2046 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
17. 2.142 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Feb 15, 10:38 PM AKST · 2046 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
18. 1.9101 km NNE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Feb 16, 5:43 PM AKST · 2045 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
19. 3.139 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Feb 16, 8:29 PM AKST · 2045 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
20. 2.151 km W of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Feb 16, 11:54 PM AKST · 2044 days ago · 112 km deep · 30 km away
21. 1.9Alaska PeninsulaWed, Feb 17, 3:56 AM AKST · 2044 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
22. 2.66 km NE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Feb 17, 10:29 PM AKST · 2044 days ago · 116 km deep · 76 km away
23. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Feb 19, 5:29 AM AKST · 2042 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
24. 1.937 km E of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Feb 23, 6:16 AM AKST · 2038 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
25. 2.542 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Feb 25, 4:25 AM AKST · 2036 days ago · 81 km deep · 47 km away
26. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Feb 27, 9:27 PM AKST · 2034 days ago · 54 km deep · 54 km away
27. 2.331 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Feb 28, 1:08 PM AKST · 2033 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
28. 2.835 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Mar 2, 4:09 AM AKST · 2031 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
29. 2.222 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Mar 2, 1:38 PM AKST · 2031 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
30. 2.4118 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Mar 3, 1:05 AM AKST · 2030 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
31. 2.6Unimak Island region, AlaskaFri, Mar 5, 6:55 AM AKST · 2028 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
32. 3.589 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Mar 7, 4:09 PM AKST · 2026 days ago · 88 km deep · 40 km away
33. 2.045 km E of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Mar 9, 12:40 AM AKST · 2024 days ago · 75 km deep · 63 km away
34. 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Mar 9, 9:53 PM AKST · 2024 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
35. 2.562 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Mar 9, 10:15 PM AKST · 2024 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
36. 1.798 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Mar 10, 10:06 AM AKST · 2023 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
37. 2.194 km E of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Mar 10, 5:49 PM AKST · 2023 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
38. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Mar 12, 5:50 AM AKST · 2021 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
39. 2.741 km N of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Mar 14, 10:19 PM AKDT · 2019 days ago · 184 km deep · 97 km away
40. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Mar 15, 12:13 AM AKDT · 2019 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
41. 2.579 km E of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Mar 15, 4:27 PM AKDT · 2018 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
42. 2.180 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Mar 16, 2:13 PM AKDT · 2017 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
43. 1.824 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Mar 16, 9:15 PM AKDT · 2017 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
44. 2.244 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Mar 16, 9:43 PM AKDT · 2017 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
45. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Mar 16, 10:15 PM AKDT · 2017 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
46. 2.075 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Mar 16, 11:51 PM AKDT · 2017 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
47. 2.0105 km E of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Mar 17, 12:03 AM AKDT · 2017 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
48. 1.988 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Mar 17, 3:02 AM AKDT · 2016 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
49. 2.043 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Mar 17, 2:42 PM AKDT · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
50. 1.924 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Mar 17, 3:49 PM AKDT · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
51. 1.651 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Mar 17, 7:41 PM AKDT · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
52. 2.1113 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Mar 17, 10:26 PM AKDT · 2016 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
53. 2.024 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Mar 18, 11:35 AM AKDT · 2015 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
54. 1.721 km ESE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Mar 18, 9:06 PM AKDT · 2015 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
55. 1.839 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Mar 18, 10:01 PM AKDT · 2015 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
56. 1.9Unimak Island region, AlaskaThu, Mar 18, 10:02 PM AKDT · 2015 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
57. 1.823 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Mar 18, 10:29 PM AKDT · 2015 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
58. 2.125 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Mar 19, 5:39 AM AKDT · 2014 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
59. 2.1108 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Mar 19, 6:46 PM AKDT · 2014 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away
60. 1.855 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Mar 20, 12:36 AM AKDT · 2013 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of 69.

Before

1. 2.595 km S of False Pass, AKWed, Jan 27, 12:23 PM AKST · 2065 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
2. 3.084 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 25, 6:34 AM AKST · 2067 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
3. 3.570 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 23, 3:40 PM AKST · 2069 days ago · 103 km deep · 17 km away
4. 2.824 km N of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 21, 4:35 AM AKST · 2071 days ago · 104 km deep · 85 km away
5. 2.2116 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 18, 1:08 AM AKST · 2074 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
6. 2.548 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 17, 2:02 AM AKST · 2075 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
7. 2.088 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 16, 2:18 AM AKST · 2076 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
8. 1.981 km E of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Jan 14, 6:52 PM AKST · 2078 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
9. 1.817 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 14, 11:18 AM AKST · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
10. 2.2119 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Jan 12, 6:46 PM AKST · 2080 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
11. 3.0122 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Jan 12, 6:20 AM AKST · 2080 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
12. 2.3116 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 11, 7:40 PM AKST · 2081 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
13. 2.113 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 11, 7:03 AM AKST · 2081 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
14. 4.3121 km ESE of Akutan, AKMon, Jan 11, 1:44 AM AKST · 2081 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
15. 3.5117 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 11, 12:23 AM AKST · 2081 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
16. 3.5121 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 10, 11:00 PM AKST · 2082 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
17. 2.8121 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 10, 10:44 PM AKST · 2082 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
18. 2.3121 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 10, 10:37 PM AKST · 2082 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
19. 2.470 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 9, 4:59 PM AKST · 2083 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
20. 1.894 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 8, 12:50 AM AKST · 2084 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av91018098. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 8:03 PM UTC.