Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 64 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 64 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska on Wed, May 19, 2021, 6:08 PM AKDT (02:08 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 60 km S of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-20 02:08:50 UTC
Depth
51.1 km (31.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.116° N, 155.189° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.129 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 3.023 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.537 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 3.343 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 63 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 1.557 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 57 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.889 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.877 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 1948 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.021 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.244 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 119 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.8104 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 1.688 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.689 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.693 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.986 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.888 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.587 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 1.571 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.272 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 51 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 1.975 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 64 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 1.555 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  22. 1.838 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 2.197 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 1.975 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 38 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 2.046 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 58 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 1.876 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 124 km deep · 100 km away
  27. 2.064 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
  28. 2.157 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  29. 1.676 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 61 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 2.133 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  31. 4.360 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away · tsunami flag
  32. 1.628 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 2.3124 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 81 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 1.687 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 1.884 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 2.491 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 2.292 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 1.787 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 1.857 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 50 km deep · 8 km away
  40. 1.840 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 42 km deep · 37 km away
  41. 1.788 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 2.085 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 91 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 2.833 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 3.093 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 2.546 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 58 km deep · 28 km away
  46. 2.03 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
  47. 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
  48. 2.117 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away
  49. 2.040 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 1.620 km SW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 2.135 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 1.9100 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
  53. 1.987 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 59 km deep · 28 km away
  54. 1.8100 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 70 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 1.537 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  56. 1.756 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 2.3115 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
  59. 2.217 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 47 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 1.552 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 82 km deep · 95 km away

The first 60 of 61.

Before

  1. 1.635 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.873 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.858 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.647 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 66 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 2.062 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.49 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.932 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 38 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.542 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 2.440 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 2.234 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.773 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 56 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 1.778 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 132 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.783 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 1.620 km SSE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.770 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 71 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 2.333 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 47 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 2.295 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 61 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.966 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 81 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 1.766 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 67 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 1.645 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away

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