M2.1 earthquake 68 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska

Magnitude

2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 11:15 PM AKST

UTC

2021-12-13 08:15:42 UTC

Depth

12.6 km (7.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

59.915° N, 140.700° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

48

• Yakutat, AlaskaPopulation 662. Forecast68 kmNW
• Whitehorse, CanadaPopulation 28,201. Forecast323 kmWSW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast523 kmESE

After

1. 1.899 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Dec 13, 2:57 AM AKST · 1753 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
2. 1.799 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Dec 13, 10:04 AM AKST · 1753 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
3. 1.988 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Dec 13, 2:17 PM AKST · 1752 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
4. 2.3118 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Dec 16, 2:31 AM AKST · 1750 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
5. 1.660 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Dec 18, 12:24 AM AKST · 1748 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
6. 2.0107 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Dec 18, 1:43 AM AKST · 1748 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
7. 1.7124 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Dec 18, 5:44 PM AKST · 1747 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
8. 2.2121 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Dec 18, 10:57 PM AKST · 1747 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
9. 2.358 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Dec 19, 10:09 AM AKST · 1747 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
10. 1.782 km NNE of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Dec 24, 5:10 PM AKST · 1741 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
11. 2.058 km NNE of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Dec 24, 7:42 PM AKST · 1741 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
12. 1.899 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Dec 29, 5:17 PM AKST · 1736 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
13. 1.571 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Dec 30, 10:43 PM AKST · 1735 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
14. 1.767 km NNE of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Dec 31, 5:56 AM AKST · 1735 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
15. 3.670 km NNE of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Dec 31, 5:59 AM AKST · 1735 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
16. 3.165 km NNE of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Dec 31, 6:17 AM AKST · 1735 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
17. 1.667 km NNE of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Dec 31, 6:43 AM AKST · 1735 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
18. 1.7129 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Dec 31, 9:38 AM AKST · 1735 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
19. 1.588 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jan 1, 6:42 AM AKST · 1734 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
20. 2.1101 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jan 1, 3:28 PM AKST · 1733 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
21. 1.6Southern AlaskaSat, Jan 1, 5:50 PM AKST · 1733 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
22. 1.950 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Jan 2, 12:22 PM AKST · 1733 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
23. 1.578 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Jan 2, 9:17 PM AKST · 1732 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
24. 1.583 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Jan 2, 9:22 PM AKST · 1732 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
25. 1.566 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Jan 2, 10:13 PM AKST · 1732 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
26. 1.673 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Jan 6, 8:21 AM AKST · 1729 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
27. 1.578 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 7, 8:53 PM AKST · 1727 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
28. 5.2104 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 7, 11:16 PM AKST · 1727 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 19 · tsunami flag
29. 2.0109 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 7, 11:26 PM AKST · 1727 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
30. 1.5111 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 7, 11:43 PM AKST · 1727 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
31. 1.6111 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jan 8, 4:33 AM AKST · 1727 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
32. 2.453 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jan 8, 10:14 AM AKST · 1727 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
33. 1.8110 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jan 8, 11:47 AM AKST · 1727 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
34. 1.780 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jan 8, 7:31 PM AKST · 1726 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
35. 3.1108 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jan 8, 10:12 PM AKST · 1726 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
36. 1.748 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Jan 9, 9:52 PM AKST · 1725 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
37. 1.6113 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jan 10, 7:15 AM AKST · 1725 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
38. 2.2105 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jan 10, 9:27 AM AKST · 1725 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
39. 2.0133 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 10, 4:13 PM AKST · 1724 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
40. 2.6111 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jan 10, 7:27 PM AKST · 1724 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
41. 1.662 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Jan 13, 10:36 PM AKST · 1721 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
42. 1.557 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Jan 16, 8:28 AM AKST · 1719 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
43. 1.662 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jan 17, 6:25 AM AKST · 1718 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
44. 2.051 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jan 19, 10:42 PM AKST · 1715 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
45. 2.0Southern Yukon Territory, CanadaTue, Jan 25, 9:38 AM AKST · 1710 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
46. 1.571 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jan 26, 12:45 PM AKST · 1709 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
47. 1.751 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jan 26, 7:41 PM AKST · 1708 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
48. 1.553 km NNE of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jan 26, 11:14 PM AKST · 1708 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
49. 1.797 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 28, 7:03 PM AKST · 1706 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
50. 1.5117 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jan 29, 1:21 PM AKST · 1706 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
51. 1.6122 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Jan 30, 2:43 AM AKST · 1705 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
52. 1.574 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Jan 30, 11:44 AM AKST · 1705 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
53. 2.2117 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Feb 1, 7:06 PM AKST · 1702 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
54. 1.744 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Feb 1, 7:11 PM AKST · 1702 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
55. 2.094 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Feb 1, 11:47 PM AKST · 1702 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
56. 1.778 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Feb 4, 8:26 AM AKST · 1700 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
57. 1.6108 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Feb 4, 9:03 AM AKST · 1700 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
58. 2.8107 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Feb 9, 6:55 PM AKST · 1694 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
59. 1.766 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Feb 10, 5:41 AM AKST · 1694 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away

Before

1. 1.658 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Dec 12, 10:44 PM AKST · 1753 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
2. 1.540 km NNE of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Dec 12, 5:51 PM AKST · 1753 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
3. 1.857 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Dec 12, 5:51 AM AKST · 1754 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
4. 1.967 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Dec 11, 4:41 AM AKST · 1755 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
5. 1.682 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Dec 11, 3:58 AM AKST · 1755 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
6. 1.656 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Dec 10, 4:48 AM AKST · 1756 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
7. 1.6104 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Dec 8, 4:44 PM AKST · 1757 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
8. 3.199 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Dec 8, 4:41 PM AKST · 1757 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
9. 2.050 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Dec 8, 10:07 AM AKST · 1758 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
10. 1.685 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Dec 8, 6:18 AM AKST · 1758 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
11. 1.654 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Dec 6, 10:13 PM AKST · 1759 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
12. 1.551 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Dec 6, 1:42 AM AKST · 1760 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
13. 1.5102 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Dec 5, 11:06 PM AKST · 1760 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
14. 2.066 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Dec 5, 5:50 AM AKST · 1761 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
15. 1.671 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Dec 5, 4:58 AM AKST · 1761 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
16. 1.671 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Dec 5, 4:55 AM AKST · 1761 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
17. 1.6Southern Yukon Territory, CanadaSat, Dec 4, 3:56 PM AKST · 1761 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
18. 1.8118 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Dec 2, 12:37 AM AKST · 1764 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
19. 1.845 km ENE of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Dec 1, 7:31 PM AKST · 1764 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
20. 3.0115 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Dec 1, 4:04 PM AKST · 1764 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021fy0c792. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:14 AM UTC.