M2.6 earthquake 59 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 59 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Apr 21, 2025, 6:46 AM AKDT (14:46 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 141 km S of False Pass, 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
- 2025-04-21 14:46:58 UTC
- Depth
- 52.9 km (32.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.327° N, 163.304° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 14.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 200°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 187 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.612 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 526 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.065 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 526 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.952 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 526 days ago · 54 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.511 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 525 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.970 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 524 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.748 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 523 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 523 days ago · 48 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.513 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 522 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.929 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 522 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.019 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 522 days ago · 88 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.3138 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 522 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.653 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 521 days ago · 51 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.992 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 521 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.2129 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 521 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.889 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 520 days ago · 32 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.956 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 520 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.058 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 520 days ago · 72 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.887 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 519 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.479 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 519 days ago · 40 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.272 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 519 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 519 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.285 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 517 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.347 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 517 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.7155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 517 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.3108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 517 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.3101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 517 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.268 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 517 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.935 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 517 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.5113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 517 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.642 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 515 days ago · 51 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.234 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 512 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.575 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 512 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.5110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 512 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.5117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 512 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.3145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 511 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.1152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 511 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 511 days ago · 84 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.8151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 510 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.814 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 510 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.038 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 510 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.130 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 510 days ago · 154 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.856 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 510 days ago · 70 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.995 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 509 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.978 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 509 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.9152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 508 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 508 days ago · 55 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.460 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 507 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.587 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 507 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.072 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 507 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.887 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 506 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.382 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 506 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.886 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 505 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.275 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 504 days ago · 58 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.5145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 504 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.033 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 504 days ago · 74 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.183 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 503 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.043 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 503 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.249 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 503 days ago · 90 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.693 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 502 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.512 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 501 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
The first 60 of 187.
Before
- 1.79 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 526 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.196 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 527 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.611 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 527 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.713 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 527 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.893 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 527 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.893 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 527 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.686 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 527 days ago · 95 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.181 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 527 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.983 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 527 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.832 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 527 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.769 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 528 days ago · 74 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.912 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 528 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 528 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.914 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 528 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.611 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 528 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 528 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.62 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 529 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.617 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 529 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 529 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.5117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 529 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
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