M2.0 earthquake 103 km W of Pelican, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 103 km W of Pelican, Alaska on Wed, Sep 1, 2021, 7:16 PM AKDT (03:16 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 62 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-02 03:16:29 UTC
- Depth
- 4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.798° N, 137.941° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.4Southeastern Alaska · 1854 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.187 km WSW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.8100 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.7101 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.594 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.762 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9105 km WSW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.884 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.733 km WNW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.5128 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.5128 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.7187 km S of Yakutat, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 2.1off the coast of Southeastern Alaska · 1854 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.685 km WSW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.853 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.255 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.357 km WNW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.4154 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.598 km WSW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.771 km W of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021b98jtkb. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:42 PM UTC.