Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 126 km E of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 126 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 4:29 AM AKST (13:29 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 70 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-13 13:29:55 UTC
Depth
5.4 km (3.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.495° N, 140.555° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 1.4 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
43°
Stations used
53

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 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6134 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 2.0132 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 1.9146 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2078 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 1.6111 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 1.7145 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2078 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.9119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 2.1152 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 2.1114 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.6144 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2065 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 2.5125 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 1.6135 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2049 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.8136 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2049 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 1.692 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 2.970 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2039 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 1.999 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 1.7131 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 2.0134 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.589 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 2.4117 km ESE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 2.5131 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 1.8110 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d80m (also filed as ak021lpwhdg). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:13 AM UTC.