Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Wed, May 26, 2021, 6:53 PM AKDT (02:53 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.7 24 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-27 02:53:33 UTC
Depth
7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.362° N, 151.524° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 153 in the 60 days after this one and 99 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.765 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 123 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.059 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.749 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 1.659 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 76 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.949 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.857 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 73 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 2.059 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 1.642 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 1.631 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 2.1Central Alaska · 1945 days ago · 115 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.568 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 90 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.662 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 104 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.15 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.631 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 89 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.566 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 116 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 1.662 km WSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.831 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 2.260 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 126 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 1.765 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 116 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.542 km SSW of Lake Minchumina, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 1.577 km SW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 121 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 1.631 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 1.567 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  25. 1.826 km SW of Lake Minchumina, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 1.650 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 107 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 1.749 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  28. 1.759 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  29. 1.665 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 93 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 1.838 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 105 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 1.548 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  32. 1.540 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 2.069 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 125 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 1.545 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  35. 1.747 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
  36. 1.643 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 92 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 111 km deep · 51 km away
  38. 1.762 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 93 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 2.065 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 132 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 1.562 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 130 km deep · 44 km away
  41. 1.657 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 1.566 km ENE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  43. 2.257 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 123 km deep · 48 km away
  44. 1.829 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  45. 1.665 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 118 km deep · 49 km away
  46. 1.569 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 107 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 1.825 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
  48. 1.549 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
  49. 1.619 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  50. 3.055 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 87 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 2.466 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 127 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.563 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 133 km deep · 47 km away
  53. 3.724 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  54. 3.122 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  55. 1.647 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  56. 1.850 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
  57. 2.844 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  58. 1.651 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  59. 3.038 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 86 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.869 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of 153.

Before

  1. 2.458 km WSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.846 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 91 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.754 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 1.6Central Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.148 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 1.660 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 2.063 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 126 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.648 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 1.85 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.163 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 134 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 1.861 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 2.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 112 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 1.742 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.669 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.945 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 95 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.425 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 2.332 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.168 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 132 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 2.031 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 1.644 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216r5ibbu. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 8:12 AM UTC.