Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Sun, May 2, 2021, 5:41 AM AKDT (13:41 UTC), 16 km (10 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
2021-05-02 13:41:46 UTC
Depth
15.9 km (9.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.914° N, 148.420° 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
14

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 59 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.962 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.335 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.560 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.567 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.842 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.031 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.321 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 3.030 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.035 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.548 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 1.756 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.666 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 56 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 2.448 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 1.654 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.556 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 56 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.053 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 76 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.282 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.750 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 82 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.540 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.128 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 97 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 1.862 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  22. 1.739 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 1.661 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 1.811 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 2.332 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 1.534 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 99 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 2.066 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 2.259 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 2.572 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  30. 1.651 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 2.052 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 1.748 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 113 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 3.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 6
  34. 1.648 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 1.945 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 2.062 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 1.750 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 1.652 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 1.759 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
  40. 1.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 1.649 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 1.567 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 1.553 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
  44. 1.650 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
  45. 2.255 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  46. 2.550 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 2.840 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.544 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 1.742 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 1.741 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 1.742 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 2.442 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  53. 2.442 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 59 km deep · 40 km away
  54. 2.161 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 1.543 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  56. 1.561 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  57. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  58. 1.667 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 55 km deep · 14 km away
  59. 1.654 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
  60. 1.580 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.528 km NNW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.560 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 63 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 1.882 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.548 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 96 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.961 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 85 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.673 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.718 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 111 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.886 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.045 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.558 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 62 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 2.046 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 100 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.844 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.634 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.842 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.153 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 53 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.335 km N of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.675 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.665 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 65 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 1.681 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.950 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1

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