M1.8 earthquake 118 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska

Magnitude

1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Sat, May 15, 2021, 1:11 PM AKDT

UTC

2021-05-15 21:11:23 UTC

Depth

0.9 km (0.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

60.338° N, 141.154° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

11

• Yakutat, AlaskaPopulation 662. Forecast119 kmNW
• Whitehorse, CanadaPopulation 28,201. Forecast336 kmW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast484 kmE

After

1. 1.6134 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, May 19, 9:35 PM AKDT · 1960 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
2. 1.8132 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, May 20, 12:08 AM AKDT · 1960 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
3. 1.5131 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, May 20, 8:53 AM AKDT · 1960 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
4. 1.6115 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, May 20, 9:36 AM AKDT · 1960 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
5. 2.758 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, May 24, 2:05 AM AKDT · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
6. 1.784 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, May 25, 2:34 AM AKDT · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
7. 1.5120 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, May 25, 9:58 AM AKDT · 1954 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
8. 1.677 km W of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, May 26, 3:39 PM AKDT · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
9. 1.6122 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, May 27, 5:11 PM AKDT · 1952 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
10. 1.553 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, May 29, 12:01 AM AKDT · 1951 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
11. 1.7122 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, May 29, 10:09 AM AKDT · 1950 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
12. 1.571 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, May 31, 12:48 AM AKDT · 1949 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
13. 1.677 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, May 31, 8:18 AM AKDT · 1949 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
14. 1.677 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, May 31, 10:54 AM AKDT · 1948 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
15. 3.280 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jun 1, 5:43 AM AKDT · 1948 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
16. 1.887 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Jun 3, 12:09 AM AKDT · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
17. 1.894 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jun 5, 7:30 AM AKDT · 1944 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
18. 1.682 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jun 5, 8:06 AM AKDT · 1944 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
19. 2.377 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jun 5, 8:06 PM AKDT · 1943 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
20. 1.989 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Jun 6, 5:13 AM AKDT · 1943 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
21. 1.777 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jun 7, 2:03 AM AKDT · 1942 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
22. 1.873 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jun 8, 1:18 AM AKDT · 1941 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
23. 1.872 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jun 8, 1:41 AM AKDT · 1941 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
24. 1.6115 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Jun 10, 10:14 PM AKDT · 1938 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
25. 1.579 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jun 11, 4:29 AM AKDT · 1938 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
26. 1.8141 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jun 15, 4:15 PM AKDT · 1933 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
27. 1.684 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jun 16, 4:52 AM AKDT · 1933 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
28. 2.1103 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jun 16, 8:41 PM AKDT · 1932 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
29. 1.8103 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jun 16, 8:43 PM AKDT · 1932 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
30. 2.4100 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jun 16, 10:41 PM AKDT · 1932 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
31. 2.4145 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Jun 24, 3:06 AM AKDT · 1925 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
32. 2.0116 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Jun 25, 12:26 PM AKDT · 1923 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
33. 1.6112 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jun 25, 4:09 PM AKDT · 1923 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
34. 2.0102 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jun 25, 10:58 PM AKDT · 1923 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
35. 2.068 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Jun 27, 11:23 PM AKDT · 1921 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
36. 1.690 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jun 28, 8:00 AM AKDT · 1921 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
37. 1.890 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jun 28, 3:33 PM AKDT · 1920 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
38. 1.683 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jun 29, 9:20 AM AKDT · 1920 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
39. 1.576 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jun 30, 1:03 PM AKDT · 1918 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
40. 1.874 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Jul 1, 5:26 AM AKDT · 1918 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
41. 1.5Southern Yukon Territory, CanadaSat, Jul 3, 4:52 PM AKDT · 1915 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
42. 1.978 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jul 3, 4:57 PM AKDT · 1915 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
43. 2.866 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jul 5, 12:30 PM AKDT · 1913 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
44. 1.683 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jul 5, 7:32 PM AKDT · 1913 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
45. 1.9Southern Yukon Territory, CanadaTue, Jul 6, 7:39 PM AKDT · 1912 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
46. 1.647 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jul 6, 8:50 PM AKDT · 1912 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
47. 1.579 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Jul 8, 8:25 AM AKDT · 1911 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
48. 1.669 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jul 12, 10:13 PM AKDT · 1906 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
49. 1.875 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jul 13, 1:17 AM AKDT · 1906 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
50. 2.272 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jul 13, 3:47 AM AKDT · 1906 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away

Before

1. 2.3Southern AlaskaSat, May 15, 1:19 AM AKDT · 1965 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
2. 1.5133 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, May 14, 5:08 AM AKDT · 1966 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
3. 1.576 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, May 12, 12:52 PM AKDT · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
4. 2.1110 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, May 10, 12:11 AM AKDT · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
5. 1.879 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, May 9, 10:44 PM AKDT · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
6. 2.052 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, May 9, 10:36 AM AKDT · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
7. 1.694 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, May 8, 2:43 PM AKDT · 1971 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
8. 1.670 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, May 8, 10:31 AM AKDT · 1971 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
9. 1.551 km NNE of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, May 7, 7:26 PM AKDT · 1972 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
10. 1.676 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, May 7, 12:07 PM AKDT · 1972 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
11. 2.0Southern Yukon Territory, CanadaThu, May 6, 6:47 AM AKDT · 1974 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
12. 1.679 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, May 6, 1:03 AM AKDT · 1974 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
13. 1.778 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, May 5, 9:04 PM AKDT · 1974 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
14. 1.674 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, May 5, 5:14 PM AKDT · 1974 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
15. 1.6147 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 24, 12:44 PM AKDT · 1985 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
16. 1.978 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 24, 5:07 AM AKDT · 1986 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
17. 1.575 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 23, 7:32 PM AKDT · 1986 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
18. 1.6113 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Apr 22, 11:42 PM AKDT · 1987 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
19. 2.0130 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Apr 22, 12:15 AM AKDT · 1988 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
20. 1.675 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Apr 18, 8:12 AM AKDT · 1992 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02167m4d1n. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:18 AM UTC.