Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 47 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 47 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sat, May 22, 2021, 10:11 PM AKDT (06:11 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.3 21 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-23 06:11:48 UTC
Depth
86.8 km (53.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
59.753° N, 152.675° 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
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 139 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.87 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 57 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.950 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 130 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 1.630 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 65 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 1.621 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 70 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.970 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.457 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 116 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 1.745 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 133 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 1.561 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 95 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 1.544 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 83 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 1.561 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 142 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 3.315 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 64 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
  13. 1.510 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.744 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 99 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.265 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 96 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.723 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 77 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 1.848 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 77 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 1.642 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 71 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 100 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 2.128 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 62 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 1.69 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 2.038 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 93 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 2.329 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 183 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 1.55 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  25. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 1.930 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 75 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 1.740 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 68 km deep · 19 km away
  28. 1.54 km SW of Homer, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 1.660 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 86 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 2.156 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 105 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 1.832 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 1.617 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 64 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 1.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 106 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 3.750 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 82 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 6
  35. 2.155 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 1.762 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 96 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 1.954 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 83 km deep · 51 km away
  38. 1.613 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 1.69 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 1.738 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 92 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 1.921 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 70 km deep · 26 km away
  42. 2.14 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 1.64 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 48 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 2.440 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away
  45. 1.666 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 99 km deep · 51 km away
  46. 1.836 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 117 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 1.649 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 89 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 1.853 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 114 km deep · 95 km away
  49. 1.721 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
  50. 2.064 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 2.572 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 120 km deep · 47 km away
  53. 1.559 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 103 km deep · 21 km away
  54. 3.061 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 1.848 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 104 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 1.958 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 92 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 2.171 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 130 km deep · 57 km away
  58. 2.461 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 120 km deep · 43 km away
  59. 2.272 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 127 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 2.654 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 118 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.568 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.66 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 3.649 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 70 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.061 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 109 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 2.324 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 60 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 3.216 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.564 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 83 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 1.65 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.426 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 160 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.338 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.442 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.463 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 135 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.628 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 1.736 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 132 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 1.545 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.259 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 97 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 1.632 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 77 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 3.617 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 14
  19. 1.961 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 140 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 2.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 108 km deep · 40 km away

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