M2.2 earthquake 24 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 24 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska on Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 7:43 PM AKDT (03:43 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 52 km SSW of Alcan Border, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-01 03:43:03 UTC
- Depth
- 7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.600° N, 142.612° 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
- 56
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.730 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.356 km SSW of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.652 km SSW of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.254 km SSW of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.957 km SSW of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.155 km SSW of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.525 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.885 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.990 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.689 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.537 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.667 km SSW of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.857 km SSW of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.580 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1832 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.6102 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.551 km NNE of Chitina, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.691 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.986 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.690 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8108 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021cl7am6g. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:21 AM UTC.