Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 68 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 68 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska on Sun, May 30, 2021, 12:35 PM AKDT (20:35 UTC), 90 km (56 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 32 km W of Ferry, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-30 20:35:15 UTC
Depth
89.6 km (55.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.151° N, 150.204° 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
17

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 137 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.662 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 104 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.031 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 84 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.15 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 1.631 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 89 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.566 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 116 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 1.763 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.831 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.260 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 126 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 1.765 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 116 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 1.617 km SE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 121 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 1.631 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.567 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 1.650 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 107 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 2.349 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 1.749 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 3.027 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 100 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 1.759 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.549 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.665 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 93 km deep · 14 km away
  21. 1.838 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 105 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 1.548 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 1.540 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 1.514 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 2.069 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 125 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 1.545 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
  27. 1.747 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 1.643 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 92 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 111 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 3.413 km N of Susitna North, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 10
  31. 1.762 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 93 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 1.519 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 96 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 2.065 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 132 km deep · 22 km away
  34. 1.562 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 130 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 1.542 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 1.657 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 1.566 km ENE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 2.257 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 123 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 2.157 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
  40. 1.544 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
  41. 2.47 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 1.675 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 1.829 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 1.665 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 118 km deep · 30 km away
  45. 1.569 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 107 km deep · 10 km away
  46. 1.825 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 1.549 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 2.846 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 1.619 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 1.525 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 84 km deep · 45 km away
  51. 2.00 km ESE of Chase, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  52. 3.055 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 87 km deep · 22 km away
  53. 2.466 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 127 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.563 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 133 km deep · 33 km away
  55. 3.724 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  56. 3.122 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  57. 1.647 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  58. 1.5Central Alaska · 1928 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  59. 1.850 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 2.844 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.1Central Alaska · 1945 days ago · 115 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 1.821 km S of Petersville, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.631 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.642 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 2.059 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.857 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 73 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.523 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.949 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 113 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 1.734 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.659 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 76 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 1.749 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.059 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 73 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 1.765 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 123 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 1.5Central Alaska · 1949 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 1.549 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.846 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 91 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 1.610 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.444 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 58 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 2.933 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 1.754 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 113 km deep · 30 km away

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