Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 21 km NE of Healy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 21 km NE of Healy, Alaska on Fri, Mar 5, 2021, 12:45 PM AKST (21:45 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 28 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-03-05 21:45:15 UTC
Depth
8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.981° N, 148.628° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
124

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 79 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.533 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 83 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.0Central Alaska · 2035 days ago · 124 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.664 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.628 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.614 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.68 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 105 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 1.537 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 118 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.856 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 100 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.534 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.523 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.022 km WNW of Anderson, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 1.532 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 102 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.582 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.523 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 104 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 2.111 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.525 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.7Central Alaska · 2024 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.448 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 3.37 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.040 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 1.521 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 91 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 1.914 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 114 km deep · 8 km away
  23. 1.672 km WSW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 1.722 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 115 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 1.822 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 108 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 2.326 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 85 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 2.727 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 83 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 1.562 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 1.664 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 1.810 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 85 km deep · 77 km away
  31. 1.789 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 1.526 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 1.622 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 88 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 2.237 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 1.679 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 3.261 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
  37. 1.552 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 133 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 1.719 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 1.5Central Alaska · 2003 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 1.763 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 1.662 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 1.529 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 77 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 5.528 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1,975 · tsunami flag
  44. 1.65 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 111 km deep · 18 km away
  45. 1.722 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 1.620 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 85 km deep · 60 km away
  47. 1.682 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  48. 1.843 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 101 km deep · 95 km away
  49. 1.563 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  50. 2.140 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 2.428 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 99 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 1.958 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
  53. 1.5Central Alaska · 1997 days ago · 102 km deep · 11 km away
  54. 1.56 km WNW of Healy, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  55. 1.714 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  56. 1.525 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 119 km deep · 46 km away
  57. 1.96 km N of Healy, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 106 km deep · 18 km away
  58. 2.880 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.731 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 89 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 1.59 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 79.

Before

  1. 1.530 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 85 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.720 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 1.517 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.516 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.520 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 1.633 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 101 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.613 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 93 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.479 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.510 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.636 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 123 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 1.531 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.819 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.544 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.614 km S of Ester, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.645 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.651 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.719 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 1.860 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.919 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.017 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 115 km deep · 37 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0212y75zp6 (also filed as us7000dg7c). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:58 AM UTC.