Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 30 km ESE of Yakutat, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 30 km ESE of Yakutat, Alaska on Sun, May 16, 2021, 7:23 PM AKDT (03:23 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 66 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-17 03:23:01 UTC
Depth
8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.485° N, 139.197° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
9

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 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.340 km ESE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 1.852 km ENE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 2.758 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.553 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.571 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.283 km SSW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1944 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.873 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.872 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.636 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 1.948 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.642 km ESE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 1.5111 km ESE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.068 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 1.576 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.866 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.9Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1910 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.647 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.579 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.669 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 2.052 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.670 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.551 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 1.756 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 1.862 km ESE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216amjs2x. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:51 PM UTC.