M2.1 earthquake 125 km S of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 125 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 10:46 AM AKST (19:46 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 135 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-17 19:46:19 UTC
- Depth
- 2.9 km (1.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.315° N, 143.205° 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
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.791 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.5121 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.497 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.5120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.0133 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.9135 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.672 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.6109 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.5146 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.5117 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8100 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.660 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.2117 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.895 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.5125 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.899 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8114 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.5107 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.896 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.6135 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 2.3118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.798 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.5112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.389 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.4128 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.9129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.1110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.8118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.0115 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.849 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7133 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.5126 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6128 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.6113 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
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