Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 43 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 43 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska on Sun, May 23, 2021, 10:06 AM AKDT (18:06 UTC), 5 km (3 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
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-23 18:06:45 UTC
Depth
4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.175° N, 148.220° 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
22

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 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.561 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 1.518 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 111 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.667 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 55 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 1.654 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 1.580 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 60 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 2.933 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.444 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.846 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 91 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.549 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.081 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.059 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 1.659 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 76 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.76 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 103 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.734 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.523 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 1.570 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 54 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 1.762 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 2.1Central Alaska · 1946 days ago · 115 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.013 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 112 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 1.568 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 90 km deep · 100 km away
  22. 2.031 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 84 km deep · 55 km away
  23. 6.173 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4,618 · tsunami flag
  24. 3.873 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 10
  25. 3.476 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.974 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 3.077 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 16
  28. 2.569 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 2.271 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 1.878 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 2.674 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 2.074 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 1.674 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 1.871 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.169 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
  36. 2.273 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 3.277 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 26
  38. 3.169 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 1.671 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
  40. 1.577 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 1.578 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 2.874 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 12
  43. 2.076 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 1.674 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 6
  45. 1.673 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 1.774 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 1.669 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 1.774 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 1.972 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 2.773 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  51. 1.775 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 1.575 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 3.074 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.474 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 2.975 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 2.372 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
  57. 1.875 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 1.774 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 3.175 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.176 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 49 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 2.161 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 2.442 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 2.872 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.742 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.550 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.255 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.650 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 1.553 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.567 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.649 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.759 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.652 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 1.750 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.062 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.945 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.648 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 3.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 6
  19. 1.748 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.052 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away

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