Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Mon, May 24, 2021, 6:26 AM AKDT (14:26 UTC), 0 km (0 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-24 14:26:29 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.920° N, 150.197° 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
20

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 113 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.518 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 111 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 1.846 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 91 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.5Central Alaska · 1948 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.765 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 123 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.76 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 103 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 1.523 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.857 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.642 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.631 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.1Central Alaska · 1945 days ago · 115 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.013 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 112 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.568 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 90 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.662 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 104 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.031 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 84 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.566 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 116 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.831 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.260 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 126 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.765 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 116 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.617 km SE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.144 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 97 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 121 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 1.567 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 3.027 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 100 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 1.665 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 93 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 1.548 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 1.540 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 1.514 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 2.069 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 125 km deep · 73 km away
  29. 1.545 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 1.747 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 111 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 1.519 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 96 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 2.065 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 132 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 1.562 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 130 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 1.566 km ENE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  36. 1.724 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 101 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 2.410 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 1.637 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  39. 1.829 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 1.665 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 118 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 1.569 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 107 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 1.825 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 1.619 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 1.525 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 84 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 2.466 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 127 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  46. 3.724 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  47. 3.122 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 2.844 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  49. 1.651 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 1.869 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 2.126 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 1.644 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 4.432 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 80
  54. 3.341 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.526 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 1.830 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 3.060 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 123 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 1.529 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  59. 1.867 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 129 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 2.068 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 120 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 113.

Before

  1. 1.833 km WNW of Ferry, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 1.936 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.063 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 126 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.163 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 134 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.861 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 112 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.742 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.669 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 2.168 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 132 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.376 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 119 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.631 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.758 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 131 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.748 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 113 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.671 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 105 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 3.09 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 103 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.140 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.611 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.038 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.833 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 1.651 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away

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