Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 21 km N of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 21 km N of Beluga, Alaska on Fri, May 28, 2021, 6:14 PM AKDT (02:14 UTC), 44 km (27 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-29 02:14:10 UTC
Depth
43.5 km (27.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.330° N, 151.042° 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
12

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 107 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.862 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 119 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.99 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.714 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1945 days ago · 83 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.767 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 130 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.023 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.94 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 95 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.04 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.1Southern Alaska · 1944 days ago · 102 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.812 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.28 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.54 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 115 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 62 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 2.151 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 101 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
  17. 2.431 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 69 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 1.524 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 82 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.56 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 1.81 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 2.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.43 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 45 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 2.93 km ENE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 12
  24. 1.81 km WNW of Wasilla, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 2.720 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 80 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.114 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 1.510 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
  28. 1.846 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 92 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 1.521 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.567 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 1.862 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 101 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  33. 1.519 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 1.817 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 51 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 2.238 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 51 km deep · 21 km away
  36. 2.449 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 72 km deep · 39 km away
  37. 1.88 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 86 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 1.54 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 60 km deep · 34 km away
  40. 2.624 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 1.84 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  42. 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 1.528 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 1.826 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
  45. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 32 km deep · 52 km away
  46. 1.611 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  47. 1.527 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 1.526 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 77 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 2.5Southern Alaska · 1934 days ago · 64 km deep · 4 km away
  50. 1.832 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 70 km deep · 32 km away
  51. 2.912 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
  52. 1.626 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 102 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 1.620 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 2.029 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  55. 1.943 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 85 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 2.05 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 2.06 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.741 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 82 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 2.05 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  60. 2.224 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 1.96 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.66 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.538 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 56 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.530 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.139 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 93 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 2.04 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 2.336 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 104 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.96 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.517 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.613 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.50 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.724 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 1.847 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 102 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.515 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.711 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1952 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away

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