Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 12 km W of Anchorage, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 12 km W of Anchorage, Alaska on Thu, May 13, 2021, 11:16 AM AKDT (19:16 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.9 4 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-13 19:16:37 UTC
Depth
17.6 km (10.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.234° N, 150.140° 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

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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: 197 in the 60 days after this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.514 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 1.523 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.820 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 3.315 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.411 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 1.816 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 1.75 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 36 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 2.022 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 31 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 1.82 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.79 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 1.812 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.53 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
  13. 1.719 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.73 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 40 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 2.36 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 1.66 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 1.616 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 2.47 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 2.426 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.98 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 1.621 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 1.517 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 2.113 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 34 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  25. 2.411 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 3.14 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 22
  27. 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 2.32 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3
  29. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  30. 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 25 km deep · 1 km away
  31. 1.711 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 37 km deep · 5 km away
  32. 2.415 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 1.716 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 1.515 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
  35. 1.724 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  36. 1.50 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 32 km deep · 34 km away
  37. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 1.613 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 1.517 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 1.96 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away
  42. 2.04 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 36 km deep · 16 km away
  44. 1.538 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 56 km deep · 82 km away
  45. 1.66 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
  46. 1.96 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 1.621 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 44 km deep · 49 km away
  48. 1.99 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.714 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 1.620 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1946 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
  52. 2.023 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
  53. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  54. 2.04 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 1.812 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 1.517 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  57. 2.28 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  58. 2.54 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  59. 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 2.431 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 69 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of 197.

Before

  1. 1.63 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.918 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 1.952 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 1.526 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.70 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 1.57 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 1.725 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 84 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.523 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.525 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.56 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.628 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.35 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 1.539 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.634 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 89 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.128 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.623 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away

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