Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Tue, Jun 22, 2021, 2:35 AM AKDT (10:35 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.8 138 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-22 10:35:47 UTC
Depth
1.5 km (0.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.279° N, 143.279° 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
18

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 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.4145 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.0116 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.6105 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 1.8103 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 1.756 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.5135 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 1.5112 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.4132 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 2.2119 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.8131 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.997 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 2.297 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.8138 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.7102 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 1.6122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away

Before

  1. 1.8141 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.5138 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 110 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.7122 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.6122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0217ya4z8b. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:10 AM UTC.