M1.8 earthquake 103 km S of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 103 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Tue, Jul 6, 2021, 1:27 AM AKDT (09:27 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 138 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-06 09:27:35 UTC
- Depth
- 1.7 km (1.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.515° N, 143.143° 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
- 66
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5135 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.5112 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.4132 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.895 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8131 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.997 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.297 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.8138 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.7102 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.6122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.6104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.0133 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.744 km SW of McCarthy, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.5124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
Before
- 1.6105 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.0116 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.4145 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.7130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.8141 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0218lf0nve. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:37 AM UTC.