Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 62 km WNW of Tanana, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 62 km WNW of Tanana, Alaska on Sun, Nov 14, 2021, 12:25 PM AKST (21:25 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 64 km WNW of Tanana, 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
2021-11-14 21:25:27 UTC
Depth
11.5 km (7.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
65.403° N, 153.303° 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
2.6ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.037 · 94 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
60

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 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.772 km ENE of Ruby, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 2.464 km WNW of Tanana, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 1.558 km WNW of Rampart, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.981 km SW of Tanana, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 3.364 km WNW of Tanana, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 1.962 km WNW of Rampart, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.762 km WNW of Tanana, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 1.661 km WNW of Tanana, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.07 km NW of Tanana, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 1.850 km SW of Tanana, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.151 km SSW of Tanana, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 1.863 km WNW of Tanana, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 1.950 km S of Tanana, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.912 km ENE of Tanana, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.050 km SSW of Hughes, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021em9jvsh (also filed as us7000fu3y). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:58 PM UTC.