Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 40 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 40 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska on Sat, Jun 5, 2021, 1:13 AM AKDT (09:13 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 47 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-05 09:13:11 UTC
Depth
14.9 km (9.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.931° N, 151.781° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.6 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
197°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.161 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 2.436 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.627 km SW of Chiniak, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 2.311 km ESE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 3.051 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 45 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 1.732 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.286 km E of Chiniak, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 121 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 1.866 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.157 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.5103 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.758 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 57 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 1.534 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.974 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 75 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 2.280 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.874 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 1.680 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 1.562 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 2.088 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 1.796 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.6104 km ENE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 3.247 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
  22. 1.761 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 2.047 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 34 km deep · 13 km away
  24. 2.198 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 1.686 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 2.8104 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 1.8117 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 2.168 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 3.947 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.897 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 2.3113 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.633 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 56 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.467 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 1.780 km ENE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.712 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 1.933 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.965 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 29 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 2.366 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 1.625 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.727 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.965 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 3.0100 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e9y1. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 1:25 PM UTC.