Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 28 km E of Chenega, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 28 km E of Chenega, Alaska on Tue, May 11, 2021, 10:12 AM AKDT (18:12 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.0 35 km SE of Chenega, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-05-11 18:12:18 UTC
Depth
20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.033° N, 147.507° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.152 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 1.539 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 2.360 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.651 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1961 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 1.730 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.955 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 2.737 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.526 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 1.725 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.956 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.560 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.849 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.639 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 1.622 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.58 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 1.922 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 1.640 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 1.519 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 1.857 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 3.035 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  23. 2.050 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 1.952 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 1.534 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 1.732 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 2.848 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 1.826 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.041 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.837 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.37 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.641 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.634 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.652 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 4.143 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 96 · tsunami flag
  10. 1.916 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.734 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 2.748 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 1.969 km SW of Cordova, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away

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