Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 119 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 119 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska on Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 5:30 AM HADT (14:30 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 128 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.9 (ml), micro
Local time: Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 5:30 AM HADT
UTC: 2021-03-24 14:30:41 UTC
Depth: 117.0 km (72.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 52.723° N, 170.595° 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 8.6 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.13
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 175°
Stations used: 25

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast299 kmWSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000e2xj (also filed as ak0213ti4e79). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 2:10 PM UTC.