M1.7 earthquake 111 km E of Cordova, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 111 km E of Cordova, Alaska on Mon, Feb 8, 2021, 1:27 AM AKST (10:27 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 Southern Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-08 10:27:53 UTC
- Depth
- 2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.416° N, 143.753° 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
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.556 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9108 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.9106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.9108 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.9110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 2043 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.883 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.5124 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.631 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.695 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.7102 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0211so2rsh. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:07 AM UTC.