Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 11 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 11 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska on Sun, May 23, 2021, 3:21 PM AKDT (23:21 UTC), 37 km (23 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
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-23 23:21:50 UTC
Depth
36.6 km (22.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.267° N, 150.087° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 92 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.415 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.716 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.515 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 1.724 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 1.50 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.613 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.517 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 1.96 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 2.04 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 36 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 1.538 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.66 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 1.96 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 1.621 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 1.99 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.714 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 1.620 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1948 days ago · 83 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 2.023 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 2.04 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 1.812 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 1.517 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 2.28 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 3.328 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 11
  28. 2.54 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  29. 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 2.431 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 69 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 1.56 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 36 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 1.81 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
  33. 2.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.43 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
  35. 2.93 km ENE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 12
  36. 1.81 km WNW of Wasilla, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 2.720 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 80 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.114 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 1.510 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 36 km deep · 3 km away
  40. 1.521 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 1.519 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 1.817 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 51 km deep · 50 km away
  44. 2.238 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 2.449 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 1.88 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 65 km deep · 34 km away
  47. 1.54 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 1.826 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 2.624 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 1.84 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  51. 1.65 km E of Girdwood, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 1.528 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 1.826 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away
  55. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 32 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 1.611 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
  57. 2.120 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 2.5Southern Alaska · 1937 days ago · 64 km deep · 48 km away
  59. 1.832 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
  60. 2.912 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 2.32 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3
  4. 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 3.14 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 22
  6. 2.411 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 2.113 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 1.517 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.621 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 1.98 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 2.426 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.47 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 1.616 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 1.66 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 2.36 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 1.73 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 40 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 1.719 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 2.53 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  20. 1.812 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216kvo7hh. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:10 AM UTC.