M2.9 earthquake 17 km WNW of Beaver, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 17 km WNW of Beaver, Alaska on Tue, May 18, 2021, 6:14 AM AKDT (14:14 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 23 km NNW of Beaver, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-18 14:14:29 UTC
- Depth
- 19.4 km (12.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 66.434° N, 147.734° 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
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.346 km NE of Livengood, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.939 km NW of Stevens Village, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.326 km SSE of Venetie, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.123 km NNW of Beaver, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.550 km W of Beaver, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.820 km NE of Birch Creek, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.113 km NNW of Stevens Village, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.021 km NE of Beaver, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.821 km W of Beaver, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216cgl0nw (also filed as us7000e42y). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:58 AM UTC.