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M2.8 earthquake 120 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 120 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada on Wed, Dec 1, 2021, 6:24 AM AKST (15:24 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 122 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-01 15:24:14 UTC
Depth
4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.236° N, 139.495° 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
74

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9119 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1762 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 3.2122 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1761 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.3119 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1761 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.2121 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1761 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 1.9116 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.8139 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.5138 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 1.7135 km W of Haines Junction, Canada · 1753 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 1.5134 km W of Haines Junction, Canada · 1753 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 1.5116 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.7109 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.9120 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1741 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 1.5119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 2.4100 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.6119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.539 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1735 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.793 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.0109 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.5111 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.6111 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 1.8110 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 1.7140 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1723 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 1.6113 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 2.6111 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 1.593 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 1.5153 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1714 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 1.9107 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 1.6104 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 2.1145 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 1.7136 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 1.5124 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1762 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 2.0118 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1762 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 1.6117 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1762 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.5117 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.693 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.5140 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 1.9120 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1766 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  8. 2.3120 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1766 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 3.1119 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1766 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 2.0119 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1766 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 1.7140 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.1149 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 1.6121 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1777 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 1.784 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1779 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 1.8139 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 1.8139 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.775 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1789 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.6138 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away

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