Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 52 km NNE of Chase, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 52 km NNE of Chase, Alaska on Mon, May 17, 2021, 1:39 PM AKDT (21:39 UTC), 50 km (31 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
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-17 21:39:09 UTC
Depth
49.6 km (30.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.888° N, 149.741° 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
30

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 126 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.618 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.748 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 113 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.758 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 131 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 3.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 6
  5. 1.648 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.945 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.062 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 1.750 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 1.652 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 1.759 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 70 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 1.631 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.649 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.376 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 119 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.658 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 95 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 1.567 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 1.553 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 72 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 1.644 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.031 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.168 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 132 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 1.650 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 2.255 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 2.332 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 2.550 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 2.840 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.544 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 1.742 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 1.8Central Alaska · 1954 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 1.741 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 1.742 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 2.442 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 2.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 112 km deep · 59 km away
  33. 1.861 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 2.163 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 134 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 2.442 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 59 km deep · 33 km away
  36. 1.543 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 1.85 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 1.648 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 2.063 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 126 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 1.660 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 1.561 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 1.667 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
  44. 1.654 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 68 km deep · 17 km away
  45. 1.754 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 113 km deep · 48 km away
  46. 2.933 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 50 km deep · 20 km away
  47. 2.444 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 58 km deep · 14 km away
  48. 1.610 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 1.846 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 91 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 1.549 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  51. 1.765 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 123 km deep · 58 km away
  52. 2.059 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 73 km deep · 8 km away
  53. 1.749 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 1.659 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 76 km deep · 10 km away
  55. 1.530 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 1.734 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away
  57. 1.949 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away
  58. 1.523 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  59. 1.621 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 1.857 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.651 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 80 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 1.764 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 123 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.671 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 105 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.649 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.572 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.259 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.140 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.038 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.6Central Alaska · 1959 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.833 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.772 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 107 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 2.067 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.643 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.571 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 104 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 2.0Central Alaska · 1962 days ago · 86 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.331 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.526 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 1.850 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 105 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 1.98 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.534 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 99 km deep · 39 km away

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