Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 30 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 30 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska on Wed, May 19, 2021, 3:41 PM AKDT (23:41 UTC), 22 km (14 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
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-19 23:41:52 UTC
Depth
22.1 km (13.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.002° N, 148.551° 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
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.955 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.737 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 2.526 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.725 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 1.956 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.560 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.849 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.639 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.622 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 1.543 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.513 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.58 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.922 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.937 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.857 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 3.035 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 2.050 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.952 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 1.617 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 1.534 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  22. 1.732 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 1.613 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 2.05 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  25. 1.622 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 1.837 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 2.255 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1957 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.651 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.360 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.539 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.152 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.228 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 2.848 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 1.826 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.041 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.641 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.634 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 4.143 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 96 · tsunami flag
  13. 1.916 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.734 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216e9n401. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:09 AM UTC.