Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Tue, May 25, 2021, 3:16 PM AKDT (23:16 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.8 11 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-25 23:16:10 UTC
Depth
3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.994° N, 147.375° 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: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.512 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 1.626 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.528 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.517 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 2.110 km SSE of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.6Central Alaska · 1942 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.153 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.655 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.633 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.410 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.510 km ESE of Livengood, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.722 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.612 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.831 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.915 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 3.251 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.613 km WNW of Livengood, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.428 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.526 km ENE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 1.930 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 1.59 km W of Two Rivers, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  22. 1.56 km NNW of Moose Creek, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
  23. 2.6northern Alaska · 1899 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 1.812 km E of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 1.520 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 4.811 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 380

Before

  1. 1.741 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.030 km S of Minto, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.611 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.74 km SE of Badger, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 2.015 km ENE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.032 km E of Minto, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.410 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 2.717 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.935 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.511 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 1.6northern Alaska · 1973 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.64 km SW of Minto, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.511 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 1.555 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.332 km SE of Minto, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away

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