M2.8 earthquake 254 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 254 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 5:43 AM AKDT (13:43 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-22 13:43:35 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.725° N, 161.984° 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 9.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 273°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.7232 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.6244 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3218 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.6194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.7213 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 2.2247 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.7207 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8159 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.3167 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.5168 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0162 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.7245 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000f7lu (also filed as ak021ar7r58q). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:12 AM UTC.