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M1.8 earthquake 136 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 136 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada on Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 12:57 PM AKST (21:57 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 90 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-16 21:57:11 UTC
Depth
7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.176° N, 139.885° W
Region
Canada
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
76

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.692 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.082 km WSW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2044 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2039 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.999 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.782 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.7131 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.898 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.584 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.0134 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.589 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.668 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2023 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 1.8129 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 2.878 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2022 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.7130 km W of Haines Junction, Canada · 2022 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 1.9145 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2022 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 1.597 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.5101 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 1.578 km W of Haines Junction, Canada · 2019 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 1.9103 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.2114 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 2.990 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 1.974 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 1.787 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 1.7136 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 2.3146 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1998 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  26. 1.837 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1997 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 1.6135 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2049 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.5125 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 1.6144 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2065 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 2.1114 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.1152 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 1.9119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.7145 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2078 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 1.6111 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 1.9146 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2078 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0212633nlc. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:28 AM UTC.