M1.6 earthquake 132 km E of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 132 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Sat, May 8, 2021, 6:16 PM AKDT (02:16 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
- 2021-05-09 02:16:24 UTC
- Depth
- 0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.490° N, 140.433° 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
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.7127 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.6129 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.5122 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.5126 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.7125 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.0121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.669 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.8Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1964 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.9128 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.7131 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.981 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.481 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9132 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.9119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.8148 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1926 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
Before
- 1.6128 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.9126 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.643 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.6147 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.3146 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1998 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0215xdm484. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:43 PM UTC.