Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Sun, May 14, 2017, 7:23 PM AKDT (03:23 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 65 km N of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-05-15 03:23:32 UTC
Depth
118.5 km (73.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.210° N, 150.551° 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
68

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 178 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.861 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 130 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 1.743 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 80 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 1.654 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 92 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 2.134 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.954 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 109 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 1.613 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 89 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 1.523 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.923 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 85 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.820 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.031 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 2.255 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 1.952 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 86 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 1.552 km SW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.624 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 83 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 3.153 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.554 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 138 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.551 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 89 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 1.672 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 118 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 2.030 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 2.045 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 75 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 1.535 km WSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 1.547 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 82 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 1.769 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 122 km deep · 1 km away
  24. 1.965 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 128 km deep · 6 km away
  25. 2.035 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 121 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 3.136 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 84 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 2.462 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 118 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 1.664 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 127 km deep · 9 km away
  29. 1.624 km SW of Ferry, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 2.674 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 111 km deep · 6 km away
  31. 2.156 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 97 km deep · 26 km away
  32. 1.619 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 2.060 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 121 km deep · 19 km away
  34. 2.143 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 82 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 1.532 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 1.956 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 80 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 1.542 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 82 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 1.6Central Alaska · 3415 days ago · 108 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 3.138 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 113 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 1.550 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 104 km deep · 35 km away
  41. 1.53 km S of Chase, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 1.568 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 94 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 1.9Central Alaska · 3414 days ago · 128 km deep · 81 km away
  44. 1.554 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 113 km deep · 30 km away
  45. 1.815 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 92 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 1.827 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 100 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 1.917 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 1.835 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 126 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 1.629 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 84 km deep · 51 km away
  50. 1.620 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 2.033 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 1.665 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 125 km deep · 5 km away
  53. 2.155 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 67 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 1.728 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  55. 1.653 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 96 km deep · 34 km away
  56. 1.6Central Alaska · 3409 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  57. 3.753 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 82 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 2.445 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  59. 1.566 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 127 km deep · 6 km away
  60. 1.555 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away

The first 60 of 178.

Before

  1. 2.755 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 75 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.227 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.953 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.134 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 81 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 2.038 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 1.768 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 115 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 1.839 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.767 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 114 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 1.621 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 89 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.660 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 99 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 1.769 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 103 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 2.240 km E of Chase, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.652 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.1Central Alaska · 3436 days ago · 126 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 1.941 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.550 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 77 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 1.724 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.861 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 122 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 1.749 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 1.666 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 104 km deep · 19 km away

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