M1.9 earthquake 55 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 55 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska on Mon, May 21, 2018, 3:04 PM AKDT (23:04 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 42 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2018-05-21 23:04:54 UTC
- Depth
- 9.1 km (5.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 64.144° N, 148.008° 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
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 42 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.911 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.580 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.628 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 3050 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.675 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.014 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3043 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.627 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3043 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.730 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 3043 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0Central Alaska · 3042 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.122 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3042 days ago · 114 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.579 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.614 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3040 days ago · 96 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.545 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 108 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.78 km NW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.636 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3036 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.618 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 117 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Nenana, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.718 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3032 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.631 km W of Ester, Alaska · 3032 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.119 km WNW of Anderson, Alaska · 3032 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.332 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 3031 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.768 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3031 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.658 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3027 days ago · 85 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.742 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3027 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.210 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3027 days ago · 115 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.616 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3026 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.620 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3025 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.628 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 3024 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.817 km E of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 3021 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.78 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 3021 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.028 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3018 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.59 km WSW of North Pole, Alaska · 3016 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.777 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3015 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.082 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.09 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.178 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3013 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9Central Alaska · 3010 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.665 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3008 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.615 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3008 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.530 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 3003 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.815 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 88 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.744 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 1.729 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.724 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.025 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.772 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 79 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.883 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.343 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.425 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.611 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.215 km SW of Ester, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 7
- 1.745 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 107 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.577 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.127 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 102 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.760 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.675 km SW of Whitestone, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.98 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.571 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.517 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 102 km deep · 47 km away
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