Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 125 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 125 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 7:59 AM AKST (16:59 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-11 16:59:46 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.728° N, 163.420° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 3.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
228°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 51 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 3.0122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.2119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 47 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 1.981 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.088 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 2.383 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.2116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 3.490 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 3.570 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 103 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.090 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 3.084 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 3.093 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.595 km S of False Pass, AK · 2065 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.179 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.876 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.1102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 2.597 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.796 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 2.084 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 1.680 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 2.894 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 2.277 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.1123 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2060 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 3.488 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 2.0153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  28. 3.262 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 2.7101 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 2.395 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
  31. 2.583 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 3.0106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 3.0125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 2.196 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 3.186 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 2.478 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 2.496 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 3.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away
  39. 2.142 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 3.139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 2.091 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2044 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 2.0104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
  44. 2.3139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 2.3152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 38 km deep · 37 km away
  46. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 2.2163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 41 km deep · 43 km away
  48. 2.390 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 2.273 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 1.982 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 3.488 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 1.985 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 2.791 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  54. 3.991 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 2.542 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 81 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 2.282 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 2.331 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 2.4105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 2.4118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away

The first 60 of 73.

Before

  1. 4.3121 km ESE of Akutan, AK · 2081 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 3.5117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 3.5121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.8121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.3121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 5.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 2.480 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.470 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 74 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.894 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 2.1113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 1.9104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 4.030 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.284 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 2.577 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 81 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 2.7140 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.740 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.068 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.627 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 4.0150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dd5h (also filed as ak021igshy8). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 8:03 PM UTC.