Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 25 km W of Aleneva, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 25 km W of Aleneva, Alaska on Sun, May 9, 2021, 10:31 AM AKDT (18:31 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.4 73 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-09 18:31:35 UTC
Depth
45.3 km (28.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
58.057° N, 153.335° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.135 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 1.588 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.781 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 2.085 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.586 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.871 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 2.49 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 1.933 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.664 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.670 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 72 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 1.712 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.394 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.069 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 2.129 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 3.023 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.776 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.537 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.633 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 56 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 2.277 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 2.143 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 54 km deep · 29 km away
  21. 2.940 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.659 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 63 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 2.184 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 1.937 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 63 km deep · 23 km away
  25. 2.436 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 1.670 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.679 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 2.625 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 1.667 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
  30. 2.627 km SW of Chiniak, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 1.678 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 75 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 2.311 km ESE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
  33. 3.051 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 1.732 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 1.776 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 1.670 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 1.978 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 1.691 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 1.782 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 1.866 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 1.883 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 127 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 1.686 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  43. 1.790 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 1.684 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 2.157 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 4.473 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 75 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
  47. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1919 days ago · 75 km deep · 53 km away
  48. 3.252 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 78 km deep · 30 km away
  49. 1.588 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 1.628 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 1.688 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1915 days ago · 83 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 1.987 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 84 km deep · 68 km away
  54. 1.692 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 1.534 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 65 km deep · 43 km away
  56. 1.974 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
  57. 2.569 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 1.727 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 1.792 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 101 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.799 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.965 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.699 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.0100 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.597 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.099 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.063 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 63 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 1.881 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.620 km SSE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 3.462 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.551 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 67 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 1.96 km E of Womens Bay, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.590 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 1.650 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 72 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 2.19 km W of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 2.088 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 80 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.885 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 1.885 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away

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