M2.1 earthquake 107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Fri, Dec 4, 2020, 9:51 PM AKST (06:51 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 96 km S 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 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-05 06:51:23 UTC
- Depth
- 3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.471° N, 143.130° 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
- 53
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.6133 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.697 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.696 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.3126 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.6126 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.6104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.6103 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.645 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.784 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.0128 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.5133 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.5130 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.5134 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8131 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.699 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.749 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3133 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.5132 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8136 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.3113 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.8132 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 1.9134 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.5115 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.6136 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6135 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.2121 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0121 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020fmelktb. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:09 AM UTC.