M1.9 earthquake 49 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 49 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska on Sun, May 21, 2017, 11:28 PM AKDT (07:28 UTC), 89 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 32 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-22 07:28:11 UTC
- Depth
- 89.3 km (55.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.356° N, 151.890° 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
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 167 in the 60 days after this one and 97 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.57 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 64 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 113 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.950 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 89 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 80 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.162 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 101 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 1.719 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.517 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.613 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.139 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 122 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 3.520 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
- 1.732 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 80 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.233 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 95 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.741 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 81 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.013 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.542 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 95 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.521 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.123 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 75 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.542 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 87 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.656 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 93 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.920 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.612 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.823 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 53 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.815 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 56 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 109 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.825 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.711 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 68 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.232 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 81 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 711 · tsunami flag
- 1.525 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.519 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.342 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 106 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.731 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 81 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.719 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 70 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.040 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 105 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 1.633 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 77 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 114 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.541 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 109 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.522 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.529 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.612 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 95 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.525 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 78 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.544 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 110 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.688 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 128 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.949 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 104 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.620 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.950 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 88 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.955 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 98 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.134 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.720 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.624 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.811 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.122 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 67 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.631 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 68 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Kenai, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.921 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.881 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 133 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.773 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 130 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.740 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 107 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.515 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 1.550 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 89 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of 167.
Before
- 1.920 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 72 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.920 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.171 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 111 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.820 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 71 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.833 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.544 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.634 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 82 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.626 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 76 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.531 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.520 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.229 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 78 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.871 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.72 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.519 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.542 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 76 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.7Southern Alaska · 3432 days ago · 66 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.533 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 65 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.714 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 67 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.570 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 114 km deep · 44 km away
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