Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 41 km N of Ruby, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 41 km N of Ruby, Alaska on Sun, Feb 14, 2021, 1:24 PM AKST (22:24 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-02-14 22:24:17 UTC
Depth
14.1 km (8.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
65.115° N, 155.463° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.4ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.7ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.039 · 88 stations

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
66

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.680 km W of Tanana, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.581 km W of Tanana, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.982 km W of Tanana, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.983 km W of Tanana, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.180 km W of Tanana, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.617 km N of Huslia, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.745 km ENE of Ruby, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.915 km NNE of Huslia, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.631 km E of Ruby, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 1.616 km N of Huslia, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.549 km ENE of Huslia, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away

Before

  1. 1.951 km E of Huslia, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02122sfc14 (also filed as us6000dhp7). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:27 AM UTC.