Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 72 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 72 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska on Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 4:16 PM AKST (01:16 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 87 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-20 01:16:31 UTC
Depth
21.8 km (13.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.368° N, 165.835° 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.

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: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.487 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 1.584 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.984 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 3.374 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 1.937 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 1.944 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 52 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.1118 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.1135 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.7Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 3.1133 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.8140 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 3.488 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 3.991 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 2.282 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 48 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.185 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 3.279 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 2.295 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.710 km WNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.078 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 2.835 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 75 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 2.9102 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 2.178 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 2.750 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 62 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 1.956 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 3.148 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 2.636 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away
  28. 1.979 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 1.986 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 2.180 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 3.189 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 2.686 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 1.869 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 43 km deep · 9 km away
  34. 2.075 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 1.762 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  36. 1.574 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
  37. 1.561 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  38. 3.278 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 1.855 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 1.825 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 2.161 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 1.982 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 3.077 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
  44. 2.070 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  45. 2.266 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 48 km deep · 11 km away
  46. 2.880 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  47. 2.3124 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 1.771 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 1.727 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 89 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 2.938 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 80 km deep · 38 km away
  51. 2.288 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 3.080 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 2.834 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 70 km deep · 40 km away
  55. 2.077 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 2.870 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
  57. 3.366 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  58. 1.834 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
  59. 1.679 km SE of Unalaska, AK · 2000 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  60. 2.769 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 87.

Before

  1. 3.0135 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.013 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 95 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 2.091 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.7Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 2.478 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.037 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.074 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.196 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.861 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 1.65 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.64 km ENE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.68 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 1.688 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 3.988 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.890 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 3.254 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 1.66 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.840 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.583 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.910 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0212cd3mn6. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:12 PM UTC.