Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 84 km W of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 84 km W of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 9:00 PM AKDT (05:00 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 25 km NW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-11 05:00:21 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.889° N, 164.733° 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 2.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
134°
Stations used
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.932 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.830 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 94 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.096 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.631 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.520 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.737 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 94 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.824 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.29 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 93 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.187 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 123 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.029 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.626 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.532 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.932 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.836 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.539 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.062 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 123 km deep · 52 km away
  22. 1.923 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 3.225 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 2.018 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 87 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.953 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 1.934 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 1.822 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.926 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.663 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 103 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 2.775 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 88 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.824 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 151 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.024 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.330 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 122 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 2.125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.823 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.988 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e0g6 (also filed as ak0214n498xz). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 5:26 AM UTC.