M1.6 earthquake 79 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska

Magnitude

1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Thu, May 6, 2021, 1:03 AM AKDT

UTC

2021-05-06 09:03:06 UTC

Depth

0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

60.076° N, 140.686° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Automatic solution, may be revised

Stations used

16

• Yakutat, AlaskaPopulation 662. Forecast80 kmNW
• Whitehorse, CanadaPopulation 28,201. Forecast317 kmW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast518 kmE

After

1. 2.0Southern Yukon Territory, CanadaThu, May 6, 6:47 AM AKDT · 1975 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
2. 1.676 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, May 7, 12:07 PM AKDT · 1973 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
3. 1.551 km NNE of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, May 7, 7:26 PM AKDT · 1973 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
4. 1.670 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, May 8, 10:31 AM AKDT · 1973 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
5. 2.052 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, May 9, 10:36 AM AKDT · 1972 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
6. 1.879 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, May 9, 10:44 PM AKDT · 1971 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
7. 2.1110 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, May 10, 12:11 AM AKDT · 1971 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
8. 1.576 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, May 12, 12:52 PM AKDT · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
9. 1.5133 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, May 14, 5:08 AM AKDT · 1967 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
10. 2.3Southern AlaskaSat, May 15, 1:19 AM AKDT · 1966 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
11. 1.8118 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, May 15, 1:11 PM AKDT · 1965 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
12. 1.6134 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, May 19, 9:35 PM AKDT · 1961 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
13. 1.8132 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, May 20, 12:08 AM AKDT · 1961 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
14. 1.5131 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, May 20, 8:53 AM AKDT · 1961 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
15. 1.6115 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, May 20, 9:36 AM AKDT · 1961 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
16. 2.758 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, May 24, 2:05 AM AKDT · 1957 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
17. 1.784 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, May 25, 2:34 AM AKDT · 1956 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
18. 1.5120 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, May 25, 9:58 AM AKDT · 1956 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
19. 1.677 km W of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, May 26, 3:39 PM AKDT · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
20. 1.6122 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, May 27, 5:11 PM AKDT · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
21. 1.553 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, May 29, 12:01 AM AKDT · 1952 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
22. 1.7122 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, May 29, 10:09 AM AKDT · 1952 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
23. 1.571 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, May 31, 12:48 AM AKDT · 1950 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
24. 1.677 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, May 31, 8:18 AM AKDT · 1950 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
25. 1.677 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, May 31, 10:54 AM AKDT · 1950 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
26. 3.280 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jun 1, 5:43 AM AKDT · 1949 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
27. 1.887 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Jun 3, 12:09 AM AKDT · 1947 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
28. 1.894 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jun 5, 7:30 AM AKDT · 1945 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
29. 1.682 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jun 5, 8:06 AM AKDT · 1945 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
30. 2.377 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jun 5, 8:06 PM AKDT · 1944 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
31. 1.989 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Jun 6, 5:13 AM AKDT · 1944 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
32. 1.777 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jun 7, 2:03 AM AKDT · 1943 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
33. 1.873 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jun 8, 1:18 AM AKDT · 1942 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
34. 1.872 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jun 8, 1:41 AM AKDT · 1942 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
35. 1.6115 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Jun 10, 10:14 PM AKDT · 1939 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
36. 1.579 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jun 11, 4:29 AM AKDT · 1939 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
37. 1.8141 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jun 15, 4:15 PM AKDT · 1934 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
38. 1.684 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jun 16, 4:52 AM AKDT · 1934 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
39. 2.1103 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jun 16, 8:41 PM AKDT · 1933 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
40. 1.8103 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jun 16, 8:43 PM AKDT · 1933 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
41. 2.4100 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jun 16, 10:41 PM AKDT · 1933 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
42. 1.948 km NNE of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jun 22, 7:54 AM AKDT · 1928 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
43. 2.4145 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Jun 24, 3:06 AM AKDT · 1926 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
44. 2.0116 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Jun 25, 12:26 PM AKDT · 1924 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
45. 1.6112 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jun 25, 4:09 PM AKDT · 1924 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
46. 2.0102 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jun 25, 10:58 PM AKDT · 1924 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
47. 2.068 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Jun 27, 11:23 PM AKDT · 1922 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
48. 1.690 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jun 28, 8:00 AM AKDT · 1922 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
49. 1.890 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jun 28, 3:33 PM AKDT · 1921 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
50. 1.683 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jun 29, 9:20 AM AKDT · 1921 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
51. 1.576 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jun 30, 1:03 PM AKDT · 1919 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
52. 1.874 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Jul 1, 5:26 AM AKDT · 1919 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
53. 1.5Southern Yukon Territory, CanadaSat, Jul 3, 4:52 PM AKDT · 1916 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
54. 1.978 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jul 3, 4:57 PM AKDT · 1916 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away

Before

1. 1.778 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, May 5, 9:04 PM AKDT · 1975 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
2. 1.674 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, May 5, 5:14 PM AKDT · 1975 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
3. 1.6147 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 24, 12:44 PM AKDT · 1986 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
4. 1.978 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 24, 5:07 AM AKDT · 1987 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
5. 1.575 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 23, 7:32 PM AKDT · 1987 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
6. 1.6113 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Apr 22, 11:42 PM AKDT · 1988 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
7. 2.0130 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Apr 22, 12:15 AM AKDT · 1989 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
8. 1.675 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Apr 18, 8:12 AM AKDT · 1993 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
9. 1.5119 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 17, 2:18 PM AKDT · 1993 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
10. 1.5102 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 16, 5:16 PM AKDT · 1994 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
11. 1.6128 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Apr 14, 1:29 PM AKDT · 1996 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
12. 1.666 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Apr 14, 2:36 AM AKDT · 1997 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
13. 2.199 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Apr 13, 9:43 PM AKDT · 1997 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
14. 1.776 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Apr 13, 7:56 PM AKDT · 1997 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
15. 1.993 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Apr 13, 5:47 AM AKDT · 1998 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
16. 1.5129 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Apr 7, 12:43 AM AKDT · 2004 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
17. 1.871 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Apr 6, 2:18 PM AKDT · 2004 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0215sj3aag. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:19 AM UTC.