M2.1 earthquake 80 km E of Red Dog Mine, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 80 km E of Red Dog Mine, Alaska on Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 9:25 PM AKST (06:25 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 69 km NW of Ambler, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-01 06:25:52 UTC
- Depth
- 6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 67.954° N, 160.982° 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
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8109 km NNW of Ambler, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.964 km E of Red Dog Mine, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.069 km NW of Ambler, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.531 km E of Noatak, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.083 km N of Kiana, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.250 km NNW of Kiana, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.979 km NNW of Kiana, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021fe4rc0f. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:13 PM UTC.