Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Sun, Dec 5, 2021, 1:17 PM AKST (22:17 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 135 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-05 22:17:57 UTC
Depth
12.6 km (7.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.432° N, 143.193° 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

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Stations used
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.798 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 1.5130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 2.3118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.1125 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 1.791 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 1.5121 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 2.497 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 1.5120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 2.0133 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 1.842 km SSE of Chitina, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.2Southern Alaska · 1713 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.9135 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 1.672 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 1.6109 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 1.5146 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.5117 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.8100 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 1.660 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 2.2117 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 2.389 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.4128 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 2.9129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 2.1110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 1.8118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.849 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.7133 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.0122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 1.5126 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.6128 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.6133 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.0110 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.594 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021fl0dyaw. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:50 AM UTC.