Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 138 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 138 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska on Mon, Nov 1, 2021, 8:42 AM AKDT (16:42 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 129 km S of McCarthy, 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
UTC
2021-11-01 16:42:26 UTC
Depth
10.1 km (6.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.203° N, 143.340° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.4ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.5ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.05 · 52 stations

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
62

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.7120 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.554 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.594 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.6128 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.5126 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.0122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 1.7133 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.849 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.8118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.1110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 2.9129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.4128 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 2.389 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.5112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 1.798 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 1.5130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 2.3118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.1125 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 1.791 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 1.5121 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  21. 2.497 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away

Before

  1. 1.5113 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 1.6104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 1.690 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.5111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.5137 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.0129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 1.596 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.542 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.297 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021e0oouho (also filed as us7000fqj6). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:32 PM UTC.