M2.1 earthquake 147 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 147 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska on Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 10:53 PM AKDT (06:53 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 86 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 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-01 06:53:38 UTC
- Depth
- 4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.432° N, 140.152° 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
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.591 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.694 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.098 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.858 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.186 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.886 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.589 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.586 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.087 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.187 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.486 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.883 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.487 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.288 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.788 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.688 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.8108 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.690 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.986 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.691 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.9120 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1840 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.6102 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.5145 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1830 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.5128 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0219sdcypd. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:01 AM UTC.