Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 50 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 50 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska on Thu, May 20, 2021, 2:34 PM AKDT (22:34 UTC), 0 km (0 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.

Healy forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-05-20 22:34:17 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.074° N, 148.233° 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
13

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 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.255 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.550 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.840 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.544 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.742 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.741 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.742 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.442 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.872 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.442 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 59 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.161 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 1.543 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 1.561 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 1.518 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 111 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.667 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 55 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 1.654 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.580 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.933 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.444 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 1.846 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 1.549 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 2.081 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 2.059 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 1.659 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 1.76 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 103 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 1.734 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 1.523 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 1.570 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 54 km deep · 24 km away
  30. 1.762 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  31. 1.568 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 2.031 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 84 km deep · 55 km away
  33. 6.173 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4,618 · tsunami flag
  34. 3.873 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 10
  35. 3.476 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.974 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 3.077 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 16
  38. 2.569 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 2.271 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 1.878 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away
  41. 2.674 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 2.074 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 1.674 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
  44. 1.871 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.169 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  46. 2.273 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 3.277 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 26
  48. 3.169 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 1.671 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 1.577 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 1.578 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 52 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 2.874 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 12
  53. 2.076 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 1.674 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
  55. 1.673 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
  56. 1.774 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 1.669 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 1.774 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
  59. 1.972 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 45 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 2.773 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 1.553 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.567 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.649 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.759 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 70 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.652 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.750 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.062 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 1.945 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.648 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 3.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 6
  12. 1.748 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 113 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.052 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.651 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 3.09 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 103 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.572 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.259 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 2.066 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 1.817 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 101 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.534 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 99 km deep · 67 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216fwjg67. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:51 PM UTC.