Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 19 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 19 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska on Mon, May 17, 2021, 2:50 PM AKDT (22:50 UTC), 35 km (22 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
2021-05-17 22:50:14 UTC
Depth
35.4 km (22.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.233° N, 150.773° 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
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 112 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.73 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 2.36 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 1.66 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.616 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 40 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.47 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.426 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.98 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 1.621 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.517 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.113 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 34 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 2.411 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 3.14 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 22
  14. 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 2.32 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 40 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 1.711 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 37 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 2.415 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.716 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 1.515 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 1.847 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 1.724 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 1.50 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 1.613 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 1.517 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 32 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 1.96 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  29. 2.336 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 104 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
  31. 2.04 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.139 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 93 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
  35. 1.538 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 56 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 1.66 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
  37. 1.96 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  38. 1.621 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 44 km deep · 18 km away
  39. 1.862 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 119 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 1.99 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.714 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1948 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
  43. 1.767 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 130 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 2.023 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 1.94 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 95 km deep · 89 km away
  46. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 2.04 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 2.1Southern Alaska · 1947 days ago · 102 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 1.812 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 2.28 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 2.54 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  52. 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 115 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 62 km deep · 51 km away
  54. 2.151 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 101 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 7
  55. 2.431 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
  56. 1.524 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 82 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 1.56 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  58. 1.81 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
  59. 2.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  60. 2.43 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 45 km deep · 34 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 2.53 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  2. 1.812 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.79 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 1.82 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.022 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 31 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.75 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 1.528 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.713 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 93 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.816 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 59 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 122 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.411 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 1.661 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 109 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 3.315 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 56 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 1.820 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.523 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 1.514 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 43 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 1.912 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 1.63 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 1.918 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away

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