Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Sun, Nov 28, 2021, 9:28 PM AKST (06:28 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 115 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-11-29 06:28:37 UTC
Depth
0.5 km (0.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.339° N, 143.146° 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
55

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.7133 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.849 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 3.0115 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.8118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.1110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 2.9129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 2.4128 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 2.389 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.5112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 1.798 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.5130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 2.3118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.1125 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 1.791 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 1.5121 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 2.497 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 1.5120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 2.0133 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.9135 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 1.672 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 1.6109 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 1.5146 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 1.5126 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 1.6128 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.6113 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.3112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.6133 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.0110 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.594 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 1.554 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.7120 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.4138 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 1.5113 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 1.6104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021fatp91i. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:36 AM UTC.