Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 37 km NW of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 37 km NW of Beluga, Alaska on Sun, May 2, 2021, 4:29 AM AKDT (12:29 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.3 25 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-02 12:29:30 UTC
Depth
72.5 km (45.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
61.369° N, 151.586° 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
30

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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 129 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.833 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 49 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 2.123 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.13 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.546 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 115 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.646 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 115 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.558 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 105 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 1.820 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 79 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 1.542 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 104 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.168 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 111 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 2.410 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.83 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.625 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 60 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.718 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 1.543 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 104 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.74 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 51 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 2.35 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.718 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.629 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 78 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 1.633 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 102 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 2.013 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 1.623 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 2.128 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 1.720 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
  24. 1.634 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 89 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 1.539 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 77 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 1.664 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 128 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 1.649 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 102 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 2.35 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 1.628 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 63 km deep · 32 km away
  31. 1.961 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 108 km deep · 33 km away
  32. 2.56 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.525 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 70 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 1.523 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 79 km deep · 60 km away
  35. 1.652 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 89 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 1.583 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 152 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 1.725 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 84 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 1.631 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 83 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 1.57 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  41. 1.70 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 1.526 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 53 km deep · 46 km away
  44. 1.952 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 73 km deep · 19 km away
  45. 1.823 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 98 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 1.918 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
  48. 1.63 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 1.912 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 1.759 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 104 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 1.514 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 1.741 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 103 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 1.523 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 52 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 3.315 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 1.661 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 109 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 2.411 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 122 km deep · 52 km away
  58. 1.816 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 59 km deep · 58 km away
  59. 1.713 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 93 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 1.821 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 88 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.95 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.720 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.731 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.25 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.857 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 98 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.555 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 107 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.69 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 81 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.124 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 74 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 1.813 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.72 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 4.8Southern Alaska · 1978 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1,122 · tsunami flag
  14. 1.577 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 127 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 1.519 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.53 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.559 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 106 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 2.021 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 1.824 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 1.729 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away

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