Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 44 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 44 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Mon, May 24, 2021, 1:32 PM AKDT (21:32 UTC), 83 km (52 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
2021-05-24 21:32:09 UTC
Depth
83.2 km (51.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
59.847° N, 152.610° 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
24

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 140 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.561 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 142 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 3.315 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  3. 1.510 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 66 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 1.744 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 99 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 2.265 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 96 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.723 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 77 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 1.848 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 77 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 1.642 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 71 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 100 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 2.128 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 62 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 1.69 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.038 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 93 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.329 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 183 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.55 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.611 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.918 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.930 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 75 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 2.285 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 128 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.740 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 68 km deep · 27 km away
  21. 1.54 km SW of Homer, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 1.660 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 86 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 2.156 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 105 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 1.832 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 1.617 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
  26. 1.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 106 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 3.750 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 82 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 6
  28. 2.155 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 1.762 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 96 km deep · 41 km away
  30. 1.954 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 83 km deep · 62 km away
  31. 1.613 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 1.69 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 1.738 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 92 km deep · 72 km away
  34. 1.921 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 70 km deep · 23 km away
  35. 2.14 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 52 km deep · 62 km away
  36. 1.64 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
  37. 2.440 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 1.666 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 99 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 1.836 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 117 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 1.649 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 89 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 1.721 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
  42. 2.064 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 83 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 2.572 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 120 km deep · 39 km away
  45. 1.559 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 103 km deep · 25 km away
  46. 3.061 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 64 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 1.848 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 104 km deep · 46 km away
  48. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 86 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 1.958 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 92 km deep · 17 km away
  50. 2.171 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 130 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 2.461 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 120 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 2.272 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 127 km deep · 39 km away
  53. 2.654 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 118 km deep · 81 km away
  54. 1.755 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 82 km deep · 35 km away
  55. 1.971 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 120 km deep · 39 km away
  56. 1.838 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 75 km deep · 10 km away
  57. 2.238 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 114 km deep · 46 km away
  58. 1.539 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  59. 2.257 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 151 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 1.766 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 75 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.561 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 95 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.745 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 133 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 2.457 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 116 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.621 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.630 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 65 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 2.950 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 130 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.87 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 57 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 1.547 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 87 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 1.568 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.66 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 3.649 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.061 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 109 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 2.324 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 60 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 3.216 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 60 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.564 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 83 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 1.65 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.426 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 160 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.338 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.442 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away

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