Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 102 km WSW of Elfin Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 102 km WSW of Elfin Cove, Alaska on Mon, Apr 19, 2021, 10:32 AM AKDT (18:32 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 93 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-19 18:32:38 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.902° N, 137.986° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 4.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
193°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.352 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 35
  2. 2.187 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 2.550 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.549 km WNW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.665 km WNW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.350 km WNW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.354 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.9Southeastern Alaska · 1978 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 2.453 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.541 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.436 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.792 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.495 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 4.793 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 44 · tsunami flag
  15. 2.7Southeastern Alaska · 1976 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 2.487 km WNW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.487 km WNW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 2.349 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.887 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 2.149 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.455 km WNW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 1.627 km WNW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 2.053 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 2.497 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 1.886 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.495 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 1.993 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 1.694 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 3.189 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 2.392 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 1.694 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 2.191 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 3.093 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 3.095 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 1.965 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 1.761 km WNW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.656 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.659 km WNW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.758 km WNW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.555 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.654 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 2.456 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.254 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away

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