M2.6 earthquake 21 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 21 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jul 1, 2021, 9:32 AM AKDT (17:32 UTC), 153 km (95 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 56 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-01 17:32:41 UTC
- Depth
- 153.3 km (95.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 54.934° N, 163.722° 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 10.0 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 170°
- 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: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.156 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 177 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.077 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.940 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.615 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 92 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.750 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 101 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.541 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 86 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.926 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.813 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 88 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.010 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 96 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.814 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 114 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.794 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.037 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 95 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.638 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1102 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 193 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.220 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 79 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.710 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.678 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.294 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.524 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.754 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 78 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.573 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.671 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.578 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.577 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.878 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.146 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.876 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.132 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 171 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.576 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.775 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.176 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.020 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 161 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.542 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.897 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.682 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.981 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.153 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.553 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.155 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.654 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.854 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.580 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.284 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.570 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.557 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 94 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.955 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.536 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 56 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of 66.
Before
- 1.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.547 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.740 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1914 days ago · -3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1921 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.524 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.225 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
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