Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 27 km W of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 27 km W of Cantwell, Alaska on Fri, Jun 4, 2021, 2:40 PM AKDT (22:40 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.4 32 km W of Ferry, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.0 (ml), minor
Local time: Fri, Jun 4, 2021, 2:40 PM AKDT
UTC: 2021-06-04 22:40:28 UTC
Depth: 100.0 km (62.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 63.381° N, 149.505° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Automatic solution, may be revised

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Stations used: 129

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 110 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 198.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02174pmync (also filed as us7000e9v3). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:18 PM UTC.