Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 26 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 26 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 11:47 PM AKST (08:47 UTC), 172 km (107 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 45 km W of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 11:47 PM AKST
UTC: 2021-12-17 08:47:52 UTC
Depth: 172.2 km (107.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.986° N, 163.764° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.08
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 138°
Stations used: 34

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast93 kmW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 89.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gc4z (also filed as ak021g4mogw0). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 1:35 PM UTC.