Alaska earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, May 13, 2021, 12:10 AM AKDT (08:10 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 140 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (mb), minor
Local time
UTC
2021-05-13 08:10:08 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.567° N, 162.838° 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 4.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
182°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
100

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.4110 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.6206 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 3.3131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 2.7240 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.9233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 3.8140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 2.8145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 3.281 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.793 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.992 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.691 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 3.8141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.077 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 2.4162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 1.6104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 2.093 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away

Before

  1. 2.0116 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 3.5156 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 3.384 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.1114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.0105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.0114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.7165 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.1106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.8151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 2.798 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 2.6160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 2.8118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 3.0152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 3.9149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 3.2108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.2237 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.5103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e2r7 (also filed as ak021643asaw). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 11:37 AM UTC.