Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 48 km E of Chase, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 48 km E of Chase, Alaska on Tue, May 18, 2021, 2:10 PM AKDT (22:10 UTC), 0 km (0 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-18 22:10:00 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.490° N, 149.163° 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
22

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 76 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.945 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.062 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 1.750 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 1.652 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 1.759 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 70 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 1.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 1.649 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.376 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 119 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.621 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.517 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.567 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 1.553 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.650 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.255 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 2.550 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 2.840 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.544 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 2.411 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.741 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 1.742 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 2.442 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  22. 1.725 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 2.442 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 59 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 1.543 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 1.85 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 66 km deep · 85 km away
  26. 1.561 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 1.716 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
  28. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away
  29. 1.667 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 55 km deep · 46 km away
  30. 1.654 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 68 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 1.754 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 113 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 2.933 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 50 km deep · 40 km away
  33. 2.444 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 1.610 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 1.846 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 91 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 1.613 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 1.549 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  38. 2.059 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
  39. 1.659 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
  40. 1.530 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 1.734 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 50 km deep · 26 km away
  42. 1.949 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 113 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 1.523 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  44. 2.625 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 1.621 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
  46. 1.570 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 54 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 1.714 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 1.821 km S of Petersville, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 2.023 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  50. 2.04 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 1.812 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 1.568 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 1.517 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 3.328 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 11
  55. 2.54 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  56. 1.662 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 104 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 1.935 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 2.031 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 84 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 6.173 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 44 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4,618 · tsunami flag
  60. 3.873 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 10

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 3.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 6
  2. 1.66 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.618 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 2.052 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 1.651 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 80 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.812 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.671 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.528 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.572 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.259 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.850 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 105 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.918 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.98 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.534 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 99 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.116 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.426 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 1.612 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 1.862 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.67 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.914 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away

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