Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Tue, Oct 5, 2021, 9:20 PM AKDT (05:20 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.2 122 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-06 05:20:23 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.531° N, 140.694° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.885 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 1.8121 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1814 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.0125 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 1.990 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 1.689 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 1.6150 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1804 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.537 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.2152 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1797 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 1.667 km SSW of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 2.5Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1792 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 1.857 km SSW of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.6138 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 1.8139 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 1.8139 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.6121 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1776 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.1149 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 1.7140 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.580 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 2.0119 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1766 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 3.1119 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1766 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 2.3120 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1766 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 1.9120 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1765 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 1.5140 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 2.5117 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  25. 1.6117 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1762 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 2.0118 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1762 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  27. 1.5124 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1762 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 2.8120 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1762 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 1.9119 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1762 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  30. 3.2122 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1760 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 2.3119 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1760 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  32. 2.2121 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1760 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 1.9116 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away

Before

  1. 2.155 km SSW of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.957 km SSW of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.254 km SSW of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.652 km SSW of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.356 km SSW of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 1.730 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.5128 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1830 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 1.5145 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.6102 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 1.9120 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1840 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.6118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 1.691 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 1.986 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.690 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021cti1bx3. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:37 AM UTC.