Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 81 km ESE of Yakutat, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 81 km ESE of Yakutat, Alaska on Sat, Feb 27, 2021, 8:33 AM AKST (17:33 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 94 km ESE of Yakutat, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-27 17:33:44 UTC
Depth
0.2 km (0.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.356° N, 138.332° 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
61

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.891 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.2108 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.8110 km WSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 1.682 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.579 km SSW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2024 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.651 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.9Southeastern Alaska · 2021 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.9British Columbia, Canada · 2021 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.061 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.781 km ESE of Yakutat, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 1.794 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.851 km WSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.551 km SW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.548 km WSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.6112 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.584 km WSW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 1.6104 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.2104 km ESE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 2.994 km ESE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 1.560 km SW of Covenant Life, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 2.586 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.283 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
  3. 2.485 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 1.551 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.858 km ESE of Yakutat, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.552 km ENE of Yakutat, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.575 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 2.2British Columbia, Canada · 2054 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 2.685 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.485 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 1.584 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 3.482 km ESE of Yakutat, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  13. 2.485 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 4.383 km ESE of Yakutat, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
  15. 1.785 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 2.884 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 2.475 km SSW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2065 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.644 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0212o7ho28 (also filed as us7000de6t). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:53 PM UTC.