M1.6 earthquake 69 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 69 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska on Tue, May 11, 2021, 8:03 PM AKDT (04:03 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 128 km E of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-12 04:03:54 UTC
- Depth
- 0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 62.049° N, 141.052° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Automatic solution, may be revised
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1963 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.9128 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.7131 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.981 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.721 km ENE of Nabesna, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.481 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9132 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 2.0121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7125 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5126 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.5122 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.6129 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.7127 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.6132 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.6128 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.9126 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.528 km ESE of Nabesna, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.643 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02162dcaya. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:48 AM UTC.