Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 94 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 94 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Sat, May 8, 2021, 2:43 PM AKDT (22:43 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.4 145 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-08 22:43:13 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.587° N, 142.741° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.1110 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.5133 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.8118 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.1105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 1.6134 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.8132 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.5131 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.6115 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.5120 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.6122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.7122 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 1.6115 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.8141 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 1.7130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 2.4145 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.0116 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.6112 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.6105 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 1.8103 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away

Before

  1. 1.598 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.6113 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 1.597 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.0130 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.5119 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.5128 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 1.6128 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0215w257di. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:01 AM UTC.