Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 39 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 39 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska on Mon, Jul 26, 2021, 7:56 AM AKDT (15:56 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 31 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-07-26 15:56:18 UTC
Depth
2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.788° N, 136.577° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
10

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 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.829 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.931 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.191 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.561 km SW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.796 km SSW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1886 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.973 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 1.658 km SSE of Haines Junction, Canada · 1877 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.295 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.638 km NNW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 1.749 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 1.653 km WNW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 2.035 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 3.131 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 7
  14. 2.485 km WSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 1.836 km W of Mosquito Lake, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 1.528 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.932 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.140 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 1.736 km SSW of Klukwan, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.097 km ENE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 1.685 km WNW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  22. 2.5101 km WSW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 2.239 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.731 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.851 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 2.629 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.930 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.363 km WSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.553 km SW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.230 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.029 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.732 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 1.830 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.629 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 2.230 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.831 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 3.232 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 11
  16. 1.730 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 2.530 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.530 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 8
  19. 2.430 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 3.131 km SSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0219ilidut. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:24 AM UTC.