M2.4 earthquake 145 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 145 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska on Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 3:06 AM AKDT (11:06 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 66 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.4	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.064 · 32 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 70.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02181lmuan (also filed as us6000epb7). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:51 PM UTC.