M1.6 earthquake 43 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 43 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska on Tue, May 4, 2021, 12:23 AM AKDT (08:23 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 126 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
- 2021-05-04 08:23:15 UTC
- Depth
- 2.6 km (1.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.656° N, 142.256° 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
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.528 km ESE of Nabesna, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.9126 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6128 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6132 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.7127 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6129 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.5122 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.5126 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.7125 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.669 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.981 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.721 km ENE of Nabesna, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.481 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9132 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.9119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0215p7jgr8. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:37 AM UTC.