Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 206 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 206 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, May 19, 2021, 6:10 PM AKDT (02:10 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 131 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Wed, May 19, 2021, 6:10 PM AKDT
UTC: 2021-05-20 02:10:48 UTC
Depth: 17.9 km (11.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.052° N, 162.672° 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 4.1 km horizontally, 14.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.15
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 244°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 25

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast225 kmS

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e4vi (also filed as ak0216fkhtgt). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.