Alaska earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 25 km NW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 25 km NW of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 5:56 AM AKDT (13:56 UTC), 22 km (13 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2021-06-06 13:56:06 UTC
Depth
21.6 km (13.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.024° N, 163.672° 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 9.4 km horizontally, 13.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
193°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.524 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1920 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.740 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1914 days ago · -3 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.547 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 78 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.621 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 153 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 4.156 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 177 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 2.077 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.940 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.615 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 92 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 1.750 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 101 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 3.541 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 86 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.926 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 1.813 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 88 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 2.010 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 96 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 1.814 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 114 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 2.037 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 95 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 1.638 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 2.1102 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 193 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 2.220 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 1.710 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.524 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 1.754 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 78 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 2.573 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.671 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 2.146 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 3.132 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 171 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away

Before

  1. 1.923 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 1.539 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.627 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.836 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.932 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000eagi. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 8:58 AM UTC.