Alaska earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 141 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 141 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jul 5, 2021, 9:08 PM AKDT (05:08 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 89 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mb), minor
Local time
UTC
2021-07-06 05:08:50 UTC
Depth
17.0 km (10.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.591° N, 163.633° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
200°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
46

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 125 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 125.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ej0u (also filed as ak0218lcivsq). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC.