Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 92 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 92 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska on Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 4:26 PM AKDT (00:26 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 72 km S of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-27 00:26:42 UTC
Depth
25.7 km (16.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.735° N, 167.537° 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 2.1 km horizontally, 10.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
231°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.17 km NW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.6105 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 3.6119 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 2.088 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 50 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 3.653 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 2.9140 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 2.240 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 2.955 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 2.746 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.637 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 1.686 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 3.472 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 3.881 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 3.556 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 3.972 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.893 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 43 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 1.8121 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away

Before

  1. 2.869 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 2.127 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 3.286 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 3.234 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.865 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 1.755 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 1.582 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.663 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 3.0142 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.6131 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 1.769 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.986 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.969 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 40 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 2.97 km N of Nikolski, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 70 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 52 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 3.191 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 1.570 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.669 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.244 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 55 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 2.130 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e69u (also filed as ak0215di19rm). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:40 PM UTC.