Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Tue, Dec 7, 2021, 7:09 AM AKST (16:09 UTC), 2 km (1 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
2021-12-07 16:09:10 UTC
Depth
1.5 km (0.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.276° N, 143.251° 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
26

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 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.1125 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 1.791 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 1.5121 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.497 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 1.5120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 2.0133 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.9135 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 1.672 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.6109 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 1.5146 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.5117 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.8100 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 1.660 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.2117 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 1.798 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 1.5112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 2.389 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 2.4128 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.9129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.1110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 1.8118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.0115 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.849 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.7133 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.0122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 1.5126 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.6128 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.6113 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 2.3112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 2.0110 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.594 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021fo7u8d4. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:38 AM UTC.