Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 130 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 130 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska on Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 12:15 AM AKDT (08:15 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 80 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-22 08:15:11 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.213° N, 141.648° 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
56

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.597 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.6113 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 1.575 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.978 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 1.6147 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.674 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.778 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 1.679 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 2.0Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1972 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.676 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 1.670 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.694 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 1.879 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 2.1110 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 1.576 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 1.5133 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 2.3Southern Alaska · 1963 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 1.8118 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 2.1105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.6134 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 1.8132 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 1.5131 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  23. 1.6115 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  24. 2.758 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 1.784 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 1.5120 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  27. 1.677 km W of Yakutat, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 1.6122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 1.553 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 1.7122 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 1.571 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  32. 1.677 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 1.677 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 3.280 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
  35. 1.887 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 1.894 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 1.682 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 2.377 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 1.989 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  40. 1.777 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 1.873 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 1.872 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  43. 1.6115 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 1.579 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 1.8141 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  46. 1.684 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
  47. 2.1103 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  48. 1.8103 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
  49. 2.4100 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 1.675 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.5119 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 1.5128 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.5102 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 1.6128 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 1.666 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.199 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 1.776 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.993 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 1.5129 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 1.871 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.7136 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 1.9100 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 1.8109 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.470 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.787 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.878 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 2.990 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.7102 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.0105 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02155d1krh. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:39 AM UTC.