Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 36 km NW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 36 km NW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska on Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 5:56 AM AKDT (13:56 UTC), 151 km (94 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 42 km NE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-26 13:56:58 UTC
Depth
150.7 km (93.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
56.147° N, 159.874° 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

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Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.214 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 207 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.614 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 79 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.755 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.762 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.814 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.645 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.929 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.622 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 2.845 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.038 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 3.142 km NE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 180 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 2.95 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 172 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.820 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1833 days ago · 159 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.920 km WNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 93 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.644 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.321 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.065 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.122 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 1.527 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 2.046 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 99 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.118 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.618 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 160 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.921 km N of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 93 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.915 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 203 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.665 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.945 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 1.61 km SSW of Perryville, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 75 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.838 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 136 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.960 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 3.325 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 2.260 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.641 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.658 km WSW of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.930 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 55 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.934 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.523 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.817 km NNE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 1.937 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021axtzd2d (also filed as us7000f9bb). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:27 AM UTC.