Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 76 km N of Aleneva, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 76 km N of Aleneva, Alaska on Sun, May 23, 2021, 5:35 AM AKDT (13:35 UTC), 59 km (36 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
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-23 13:35:28 UTC
Depth
58.6 km (36.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
58.741° N, 152.796° 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
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 132 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.874 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.630 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.621 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.970 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 66 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 1.561 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 95 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 3.315 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.265 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 96 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.848 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 77 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.642 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 100 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.467 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.740 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.660 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.633 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 56 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 2.277 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.617 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 3.750 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 82 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 6
  18. 2.155 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 1.762 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 96 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.954 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 83 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 1.867 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 111 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 2.14 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 2.143 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 2.440 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 62 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 1.853 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 114 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 2.064 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 83 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 3.061 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 64 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 1.659 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 2.654 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 118 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 1.755 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 82 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 1.766 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 75 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 1.760 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 1.942 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away
  34. 1.583 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 2.184 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 74 km deep · 41 km away
  36. 1.937 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 63 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 2.436 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 1.514 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 1.638 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 69 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 1.524 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 1.670 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 69 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 1.962 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 100 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 1.679 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 62 km deep · 12 km away
  44. 1.667 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
  45. 1.533 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 1.663 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 60 km deep · 36 km away
  47. 1.862 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 64 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 1.747 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 97 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 2.428 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 1.678 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 75 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 1.641 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 49 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 1.672 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 116 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 1.670 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  54. 1.978 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 1.623 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 54 km deep · 61 km away
  56. 1.691 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  57. 1.782 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
  58. 1.657 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 101 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 1.866 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  60. 1.883 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 127 km deep · 62 km away

The first 60 of 132.

Before

  1. 1.568 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 66 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 3.649 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 70 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.564 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 83 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.628 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 75 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.545 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.064 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 93 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.79 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.670 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.041 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 1.559 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 85 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 1.957 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 114 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.551 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 114 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 3.265 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 95 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.862 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 106 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 1.933 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 2.670 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 77 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.871 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 1.586 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.085 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 1.781 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away

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