Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 70 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 70 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska on Sat, May 29, 2021, 12:01 AM AKDT (08:01 UTC), 54 km (34 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
2021-05-29 08:01:42 UTC
Depth
54.4 km (33.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.855° N, 148.217° 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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.762 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.935 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.031 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 84 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 6.173 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4,618 · tsunami flag
  5. 3.873 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 10
  6. 3.476 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 50 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.974 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 3.077 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 44 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 16
  9. 2.569 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.271 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 1.878 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 51 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 2.674 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.074 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 1.674 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.871 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.169 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 43 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
  17. 2.273 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 46 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 3.277 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 43 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 26
  19. 3.169 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.671 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 44 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 1.577 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 1.578 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 52 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 2.874 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 12
  24. 2.076 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 51 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 1.674 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 6
  26. 1.673 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 1.774 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 1.669 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 1.774 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 1.972 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 2.773 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 46 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  32. 1.775 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 1.575 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 41 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 3.074 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.474 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away
  36. 2.975 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 2.372 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 62 km deep · 46 km away
  38. 1.875 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 1.774 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
  40. 3.175 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.176 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 49 km deep · 42 km away
  42. 2.574 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
  43. 1.569 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
  44. 2.1Central Alaska · 1944 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away
  45. 2.275 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
  46. 2.775 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 2.074 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 1.576 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 41 km deep · 42 km away
  49. 2.274 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.174 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away
  51. 1.776 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away
  52. 2.168 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 1.675 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
  54. 1.874 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 1.575 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away
  56. 1.774 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
  57. 1.668 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 43 km deep · 50 km away
  58. 1.675 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
  59. 2.274 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
  60. 1.976 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.621 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.625 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.523 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.734 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.659 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.059 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.081 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.549 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.846 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 91 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.444 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.933 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.580 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 1.654 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 68 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.667 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 55 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 1.561 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 1.543 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 2.161 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.442 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 1.725 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away

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