Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 240 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 240 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 7:01 PM AKDT (03:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-11 03:01:25 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.708° N, 163.040° 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 4.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
257°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 2.8145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.4162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.5184 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.9159 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.1196 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.5156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.1221 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 1.6167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 2.0152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 4.4154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.7158 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.4152 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 3.1147 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 3.3151 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.8151 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.7245 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 3.7149 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.9148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 3.4south of Alaska · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 2.0162 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 3.5168 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 2.0145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 3.3167 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 2.6206 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 3.6148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 3.5156 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ec6d (also filed as ak0217fyuupl). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:02 PM UTC.