Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 2 km S of Anchorage, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 2 km S of Anchorage, Alaska on Fri, May 21, 2021, 9:53 PM AKDT (05:53 UTC), 40 km (25 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
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-22 05:53:08 UTC
Depth
39.7 km (24.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.194° N, 149.908° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

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Stations used
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 1.711 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 37 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 2.415 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.716 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.515 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.724 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.50 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.613 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 1.517 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 32 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.96 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 32 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 2.04 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 36 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 1.538 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.66 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 1.96 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 1.621 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.99 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.714 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 1.620 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 2.023 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 2.04 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 1.812 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 1.517 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 2.28 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
  29. 2.54 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  30. 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 2.431 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 69 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 1.56 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 1.81 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 2.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  35. 2.43 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
  36. 2.93 km ENE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 12
  37. 1.81 km WNW of Wasilla, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
  38. 2.114 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 1.510 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 2.140 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  42. 1.817 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 51 km deep · 63 km away
  43. 2.238 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 51 km deep · 78 km away
  44. 1.88 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 65 km deep · 40 km away
  45. 1.54 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 1.826 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 2.624 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
  48. 1.84 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 1.65 km E of Girdwood, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
  51. 1.826 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 32 km deep · 24 km away
  53. 1.611 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  54. 2.5Southern Alaska · 1935 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 1.832 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 2.912 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 5
  57. 2.029 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 2.05 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  59. 2.06 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.741 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 194.

Before

  1. 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 3.14 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 22
  3. 2.411 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.113 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 1.517 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.621 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 1.98 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 2.426 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.47 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 1.616 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 1.66 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.36 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 1.73 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 1.719 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.53 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4
  17. 1.812 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.79 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 1.82 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.022 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216ixltqv (also filed as us7000e594). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 10:48 AM UTC.