Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake Southern Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Sun, Feb 28, 2021, 7:26 PM AKST (04:26 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-03-01 04:26:51 UTC
Depth
16.2 km (10.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.435° N, 143.217° 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
76

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.883 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 1.5124 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 1.695 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 1.7102 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 1.6128 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.5128 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 2.0130 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.597 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 1.6113 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.598 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away

Before

  1. 1.6133 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.8136 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.5139 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.9110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 1.9108 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 1.9106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 1.9108 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 1.7137 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.556 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.7111 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.1103 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0212ras8ko (also filed as us7000dehe). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:53 PM UTC.