Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 128 km E of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 128 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Sat, May 8, 2021, 6:11 PM AKDT (02:11 UTC), 7 km (4 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.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-09 02:11:58 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.475° N, 140.515° 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
8

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 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6132 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.7127 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 1.6129 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.5122 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 2.5126 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.7125 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 2.0121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 1.669 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.8Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1964 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 2.9128 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 1.7131 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 1.981 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.481 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.9132 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 1.9119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 1.8148 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1925 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away

Before

  1. 4.9126 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.643 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.6147 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.3146 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1998 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0215xdl4bm. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:00 AM UTC.