M2.1 earthquake 73 km E of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 73 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Sun, Feb 21, 1988, 2:20 PM AKST (23:20 UTC), -3 km (-2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 120 km E of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-02-21 23:20:11 UTC
- Depth
- -3.0 km (-1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.509° N, 141.560° 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
- 11
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 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6103 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14072 days ago · -3 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.6112 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14071 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.582 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14062 days ago · -2 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.2120 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14055 days ago · -3 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.2119 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 14055 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.875 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14053 days ago · -3 km deep · 8 km away
Before
- 2.082 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14094 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.385 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14094 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.285 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14094 days ago · -3 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.577 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14098 days ago · -3 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.679 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14104 days ago · -3 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.876 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14105 days ago · -3 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.777 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14108 days ago · -3 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.069 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14109 days ago · -3 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.069 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14109 days ago · -3 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.675 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14113 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.270 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14113 days ago · -3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.795 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14113 days ago · -3 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.280 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14113 days ago · -3 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.966 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14116 days ago · -3 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.071 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14118 days ago · -3 km deep · 8 km away
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