Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 55 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 55 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska on Sun, May 23, 2021, 9:02 AM AKDT (17:02 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.7 18 km ENE of Tatitlek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-23 17:02:26 UTC
Depth
20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.313° N, 147.151° 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
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.737 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.526 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.740 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.725 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.956 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 1.560 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.849 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.639 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.624 km NW of Cordova, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.140 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.936 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 1.622 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.431 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 1.58 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 1.922 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.813 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.519 km NE of Cordova, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.640 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 2.348 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 1.519 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 1.857 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
  23. 3.035 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 1.558 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 2.050 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 1.621 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 1.952 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  28. 1.534 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  29. 1.732 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 3.718 km ENE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  31. 1.619 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 2.05 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  33. 1.622 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 1.863 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 1.837 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  36. 2.255 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  37. 1.936 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 1.538 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 2.033 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 1.935 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 2.735 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 2.043 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  43. 2.352 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 1.816 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.730 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1957 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.651 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 1.539 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 2.152 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 2.228 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 2.848 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 1.514 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.826 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.744 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.958 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.639 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.041 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 1.612 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.837 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 1.831 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1975 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.2Southern Alaska · 1975 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 2.37 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216krzhde. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:09 PM UTC.