Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 61 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 61 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska on Sun, May 23, 2021, 11:30 PM AKDT (07:30 UTC), 11 km (7 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, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-05-24 07:30:30 UTC
Depth
11.3 km (7.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.910° N, 148.341° 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
21

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 73 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.667 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 55 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 1.654 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.580 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.933 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.444 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.846 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 91 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.549 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.081 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.059 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.659 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.734 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.523 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.621 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.570 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 54 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 1.762 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 1.568 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 90 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.935 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.031 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 84 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 6.173 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4,618 · tsunami flag
  21. 3.873 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 42 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 10
  22. 3.476 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 50 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.974 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 3.077 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 44 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 16
  25. 2.569 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 2.271 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 1.878 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 51 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 2.674 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 2.074 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 1.674 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
  31. 1.871 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.169 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
  33. 2.273 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 3.277 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 26
  35. 3.169 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  36. 1.671 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 44 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 1.577 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
  38. 1.578 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 52 km deep · 47 km away
  39. 2.874 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 12
  40. 2.076 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
  41. 1.674 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 6
  42. 1.673 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
  43. 1.774 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
  44. 1.669 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
  45. 1.774 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 43 km deep · 50 km away
  46. 1.972 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 2.773 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  48. 1.775 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
  49. 1.575 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 3.074 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.474 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 2.975 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 43 km deep · 49 km away
  53. 2.372 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 1.875 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 44 km deep · 49 km away
  55. 1.774 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 3.175 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.176 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 49 km deep · 49 km away
  58. 2.574 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
  59. 1.569 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 2.1Central Alaska · 1949 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.543 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 2.161 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.442 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.442 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.742 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.741 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.742 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.544 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.840 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.550 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 2.255 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 1.650 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 1.553 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 72 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.567 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 1.649 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 1.759 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.652 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.750 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.062 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away

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