Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 42 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 42 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska on Sun, May 23, 2021, 5:15 AM AKDT (13:15 UTC), 59 km (37 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 73 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Sun, May 23, 2021, 5:15 AM AKDT
UTC: 2021-05-23 13:15:47 UTC
Depth: 59.1 km (36.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 63.025° N, 149.166° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Automatic solution, may be revised

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.4	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.038 · 92 stations

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How well it is located

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Stations used: 62

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 102 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 200.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216kpokt0 (also filed as us7000e5i9). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:55 AM UTC.