M1.6 earthquake 51 km N of Chase, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 51 km N of Chase, Alaska on Mon, May 17, 2021, 11:06 AM AKDT (19:06 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 16 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-17 19:06:58 UTC
- Depth
- 80.3 km (49.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 62.914° N, 150.142° 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
- 28
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 130 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.052 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 50 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.618 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.748 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 113 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.758 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 131 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 6
- 1.648 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.945 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.062 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.750 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.652 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.759 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 70 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.631 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.649 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.376 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 119 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 1.658 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 95 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.553 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 72 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.644 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.031 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 76 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.168 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 132 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.650 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.255 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.332 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.550 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.840 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.425 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.544 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.945 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 95 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.742 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8Central Alaska · 1957 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.741 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.742 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.442 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 112 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.163 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 134 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.442 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 59 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.85 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 66 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.648 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.063 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 126 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.660 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.561 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.148 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.630 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.667 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.654 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 68 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.754 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 113 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.933 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 50 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.444 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 58 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.610 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.846 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 91 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.549 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 1952 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.765 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 123 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.059 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 73 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.749 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.659 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 76 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.530 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.764 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 123 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.671 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 105 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.649 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.528 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.259 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.140 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.038 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 1963 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.833 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.772 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 107 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.067 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.571 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 104 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.828 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0Central Alaska · 1965 days ago · 86 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.331 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.533 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 96 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.526 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 83 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.850 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 105 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.98 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
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