Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 59 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 59 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska on Sun, May 16, 2021, 2:26 PM AKDT (22:26 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M6.1 73 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-16 22:26:23 UTC
Depth
12.4 km (7.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.933° N, 148.353° 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
33

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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.572 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.651 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.052 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.748 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 113 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 3.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 6
  6. 1.648 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.945 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.062 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.750 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.652 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.759 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 1.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 1.649 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 1.567 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 1.553 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.650 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 2.255 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 2.550 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.840 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.544 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 1.742 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 1.741 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 1.742 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 2.442 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 2.442 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
  26. 2.161 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 1.543 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 1.561 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  29. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 1.667 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 55 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 1.654 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 1.580 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
  33. 2.933 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 2.444 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 1.846 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 1.549 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
  37. 2.081 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  38. 2.059 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 73 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 1.659 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 1.734 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 1.523 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 1.621 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 1.570 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 54 km deep · 11 km away
  44. 1.762 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 1.568 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 1.935 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 2.031 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 84 km deep · 54 km away
  48. 6.173 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4,618 · tsunami flag
  49. 3.873 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 10
  50. 3.476 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.974 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 3.077 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 16
  53. 2.569 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 2.271 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
  55. 1.878 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 51 km deep · 49 km away
  56. 2.674 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
  57. 2.074 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 1.674 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 1.871 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.169 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 4

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.066 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.817 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 101 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 1.534 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 99 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.332 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.811 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.661 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.739 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 92 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 1.862 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.128 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 97 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.540 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.282 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.053 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 1.556 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 1.654 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.448 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 1.666 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 56 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 1.756 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.548 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.035 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 3.030 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02169accw9. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:32 AM UTC.