Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 115 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 115 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska on Thu, May 20, 2021, 9:36 AM AKDT (17:36 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.2 80 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-20 17:36:37 UTC
Depth
3.2 km (2.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.218° N, 141.291° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.758 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.784 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 1.5120 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 1.677 km W of Yakutat, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.6122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 1.553 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 1.7122 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 1.571 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 1.677 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 1.677 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 3.280 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 1.887 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 1.894 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 1.682 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 2.377 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 1.989 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 1.777 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 1.873 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 1.872 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 1.6115 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  21. 1.579 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 1.8141 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 1.684 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  24. 2.1103 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
  25. 1.8103 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
  26. 2.4100 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  27. 2.4145 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 2.0116 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 1.6112 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
  30. 2.0102 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  31. 2.068 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 1.690 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  33. 1.890 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  34. 1.683 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
  35. 1.576 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 1.874 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 1.5Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1912 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 1.978 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  39. 2.866 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 1.683 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  41. 1.9Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1909 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  42. 1.647 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 1.579 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 1.669 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 1.875 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  46. 2.272 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 2.078 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  48. 1.673 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  49. 1.598 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  50. 1.9112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  51. 1.6113 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away

Before

  1. 1.5131 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 1.8132 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 1.6134 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 1.8118 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 2.3Southern Alaska · 1962 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 1.5133 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 1.576 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 2.1110 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 1.879 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 2.052 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.694 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.670 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 1.676 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 2.0Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1971 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 1.679 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 1.778 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 1.674 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 1.6147 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.978 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 1.575 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216ftkr29. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:49 AM UTC.