Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 62 km W of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 62 km W of Cantwell, Alaska on Tue, May 11, 2021, 3:33 AM AKDT (11:33 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.4 32 km W of Ferry, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-11 11:33:58 UTC
Depth
33.1 km (20.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.379° N, 150.208° 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
15

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 100 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.631 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.332 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.641 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 2.426 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.534 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 99 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 1.850 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 105 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.331 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.828 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.517 km WNW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.571 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 104 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 1.643 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.067 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 1.817 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 101 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.772 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 107 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 1.651 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.833 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 1.6Central Alaska · 1963 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 2.038 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.140 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 3.09 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 103 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.649 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 1.671 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 105 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 1.764 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 123 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 1.651 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 80 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 2.052 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 50 km deep · 59 km away
  26. 1.748 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 113 km deep · 16 km away
  27. 1.758 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 131 km deep · 36 km away
  28. 1.652 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 1.759 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 1.631 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 2.376 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 119 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.658 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 95 km deep · 53 km away
  33. 1.553 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 72 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 1.644 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 2.031 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 2.168 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 132 km deep · 24 km away
  37. 2.425 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 1.669 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 1.742 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  40. 2.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 112 km deep · 39 km away
  41. 1.861 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  42. 2.163 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 134 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 2.442 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 1.85 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
  45. 1.648 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 2.063 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 126 km deep · 19 km away
  47. 1.936 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 1.833 km WNW of Ferry, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 1.660 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 2.148 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  51. 1.6Central Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 1.518 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 111 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 1.654 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
  54. 1.754 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 113 km deep · 49 km away
  55. 2.933 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 2.444 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 1.846 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 91 km deep · 22 km away
  58. 1.5Central Alaska · 1952 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 1.765 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 123 km deep · 30 km away
  60. 2.059 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.811 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.767 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 107 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 1.846 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 1.739 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 92 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 1.641 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 1.67 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.128 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 97 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 1.737 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.666 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 96 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 1.667 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 131 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 1.556 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 1.750 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 82 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.053 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 76 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 1.549 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 1.773 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 107 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 1.5Central Alaska · 1971 days ago · 116 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.448 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 59 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.775 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 118 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 1.666 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.762 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 113 km deep · 41 km away

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