Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 23 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 23 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska on Thu, May 27, 2021, 8:21 PM AKDT (04:21 UTC), 6 km (4 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
2021-05-28 04:21:17 UTC
Depth
5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.189° N, 149.089° 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
23

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 114 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.857 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.570 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 54 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.762 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 2.1Central Alaska · 1947 days ago · 115 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.013 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 112 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.568 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 90 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 1.662 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 104 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.031 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 84 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 6.173 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4,618 · tsunami flag
  10. 3.873 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 10
  11. 3.476 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.974 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 3.077 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 16
  14. 2.569 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.271 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.878 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.674 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.074 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.674 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.871 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.169 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  22. 2.273 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 3.277 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 26
  24. 3.169 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 1.671 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 1.577 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 1.578 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 2.874 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 12
  29. 2.076 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 1.674 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 6
  31. 1.673 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 1.774 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 1.669 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.774 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 1.972 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 2.773 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  37. 1.775 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 1.575 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 3.074 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.474 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  41. 2.975 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 2.372 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 1.875 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 1.774 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 3.175 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.176 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 2.574 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  48. 1.569 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 2.1Central Alaska · 1946 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 2.275 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 2.775 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 2.074 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 1.576 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 2.274 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.174 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 1.776 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 2.168 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 1.675 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 1.874 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 1.575 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.949 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 113 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.734 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.76 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 103 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.659 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 76 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 2.059 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 73 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 1.765 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 123 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.081 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.549 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.846 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 91 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 2.444 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.933 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 50 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 1.580 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.754 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.654 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 68 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 1.667 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 55 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.518 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 111 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 1.6Central Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.561 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 2.063 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 126 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216su1mxj. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC.