M2.6 earthquake 175 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 175 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska on Wed, Feb 3, 2021, 11:30 AM AKST (20:30 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 108 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-03 20:30:13 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.584° N, 167.556° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 322°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.2108 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.5206 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.379 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.388 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.191 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.080 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dhws (also filed as ak0211kkcx6j). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 4:09 AM UTC.