Alaska earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 41 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 41 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 11:48 PM AKDT (07:48 UTC), 86 km (54 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: 3.5 (ml), minor
Local time: Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 11:48 PM AKDT
UTC: 2021-07-13 07:48:35 UTC
Depth: 86.2 km (53.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.499° N, 163.588° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 11.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.07
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 166°
Stations used: 25

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast103 kmSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 112 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 112.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000elga (also filed as ak0218wypq55). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 6:37 AM UTC.