M2.5 earthquake 128 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 128 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska on Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 3:29 PM AKDT (23:29 UTC), 23 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 187 km S of Yakutat, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-25 23:29:50 UTC
- Depth
- 23.4 km (14.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.181° N, 138.524° 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
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.7187 km S of Yakutat, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.773 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.990 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.795 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.090 km SSE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.677 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.244 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.293 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.089 km WNW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.272 km WSW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.296 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.264 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.498 km SSE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.540 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.094 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021dp80prt. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:53 AM UTC.