Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 91 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 91 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 11:43 AM AKST (20:43 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 68 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 11:43 AM AKST
UTC: 2021-02-24 20:43:52 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.215° N, 162.533° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 211°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 23

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast95 kmS

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 152 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 152.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000di99 (also filed as ak0212jaq34b). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:57 PM UTC.