Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 21 km NNE of Chase, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 21 km NNE of Chase, Alaska on Wed, May 5, 2021, 4:11 PM AKDT (00:11 UTC), 47 km (29 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
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-06 00:11:40 UTC
Depth
47.4 km (29.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.610° N, 149.877° 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
65

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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 137 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.543 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 90 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.934 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 74 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 3.030 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.035 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.548 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.820 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  7. 1.762 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 113 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.128 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.666 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 56 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 2.775 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 118 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.448 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.720 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 63 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.5Central Alaska · 1968 days ago · 116 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 1.519 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 1.654 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 1.556 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 56 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 1.773 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 107 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.053 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 76 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 1.750 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 82 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 1.540 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
  21. 1.667 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 131 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 2.666 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 96 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 1.914 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 1.67 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 78 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 1.862 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 2.034 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 2.261 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
  28. 1.739 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 92 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 1.612 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 1.767 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 107 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 1.562 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 1.526 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 64 km deep · 88 km away
  33. 2.426 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 73 km deep · 44 km away
  34. 2.116 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  35. 1.534 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 99 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 1.98 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  37. 1.918 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 1.850 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 105 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 2.526 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 83 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 1.533 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 96 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 2.0Central Alaska · 1962 days ago · 86 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 1.571 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 104 km deep · 70 km away
  43. 1.643 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 2.067 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 2.772 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 107 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 1.6Central Alaska · 1960 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 2.140 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 2.259 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 2.572 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 1.528 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 1.671 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 105 km deep · 63 km away
  52. 1.764 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 123 km deep · 75 km away
  53. 1.812 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 1.651 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 80 km deep · 36 km away
  55. 2.052 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 50 km deep · 32 km away
  56. 1.618 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  57. 1.748 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 113 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 1.758 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 131 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 1.66 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 3.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 6

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.867 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 130 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.550 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 102 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.031 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.164 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.649 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 104 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.624 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 83 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.547 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 112 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.567 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.555 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 109 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.915 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.610 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 71 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 1.560 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.632 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 87 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.716 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 110 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 2.335 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 1.962 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 72 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 2.146 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 98 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 1.743 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.5Central Alaska · 1973 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.837 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 91 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0215sds65d (also filed as us7000e0hr). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.