Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 25 km NW of Chenega, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 25 km NW of Chenega, Alaska on Wed, May 26, 2021, 11:24 AM AKDT (19:24 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.9 4 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-26 19:24:48 UTC
Depth
24.5 km (15.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.205° N, 148.375° 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
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.956 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.620 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.560 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.849 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 2.114 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.639 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.140 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 1.65 km E of Girdwood, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.622 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 2.513 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.58 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 1.922 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 1.640 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.348 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.937 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.857 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 3.94 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 204 · tsunami flag
  19. 3.035 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.558 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 2.050 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 1.952 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 1.617 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 1.534 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 1.732 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 1.613 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 2.05 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  28. 1.622 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 1.837 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 2.255 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 1.936 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  32. 1.538 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  33. 2.033 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 1.935 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 2.735 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
  36. 1.914 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 2.117 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 2.043 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 2.352 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  40. 1.857 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  41. 1.639 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  42. 1.635 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  43. 1.556 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 1.652 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 2.740 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 2.526 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 1.515 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.737 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.955 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 3.14 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 22
  7. 1.730 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1958 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 2.53 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.651 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 2.360 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.539 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 2.152 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 2.228 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 2.848 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 1.826 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 1.73 km WNW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.639 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.041 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 1.837 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216prx5j1. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:19 PM UTC.