Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Sun, Oct 24, 2021, 7:53 AM AKDT (15:53 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 115 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-24 15:53:53 UTC
Depth
10.4 km (6.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.433° N, 142.967° 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
40

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 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.690 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 1.6104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 1.5113 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 2.4138 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.7120 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.0109 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.8107 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.594 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.0110 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.7107 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.6133 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.3112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.6113 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.6112 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.6128 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 1.5126 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 2.0122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 1.7133 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 3.0115 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.8118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 2.1110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  22. 2.9129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  23. 2.4128 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 2.389 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 1.5112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  26. 1.798 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 1.5130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 2.3118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 2.1125 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 1.791 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
  31. 2.0107 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 1.7124 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 2.2121 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 1.5134 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.5137 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.6113 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.0129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 1.7110 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.596 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 2.297 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 1.6101 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 1.5111 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.5111 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021dnfv1t2. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:36 AM UTC.