Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 16 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 16 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska on Thu, May 6, 2021, 6:42 PM AKDT (02:42 UTC), 31 km (19 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
2021-05-07 02:42:28 UTC
Depth
30.6 km (19.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.792° N, 148.155° 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: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.49 km W of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 1.654 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.540 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 2.56 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.044 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.630 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.57 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.116 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.611 km SW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 2.572 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.812 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.66 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.661 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 3.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 6
  17. 1.648 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.945 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 2.062 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.750 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 1.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 1.649 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 1.848 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 1.517 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 2.255 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 2.550 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 2.840 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.544 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 2.411 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 1.741 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 1.742 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 2.442 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 1.725 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 1.716 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 2.740 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 1.50 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 2.535 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  39. 1.613 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 1.549 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 1.949 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  43. 1.539 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 2.625 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
  45. 1.621 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 1.66 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 1.96 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 1.99 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.714 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 1.630 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 1.548 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 1.620 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  54. 2.04 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
  55. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 1.812 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  57. 1.517 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 3.328 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 11
  59. 2.54 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  60. 1.935 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

  1. 2.820 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  2. 1.548 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.035 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 1.744 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 3.030 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 1.958 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.753 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.031 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 1.83 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.842 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.465 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.567 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.639 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.915 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.636 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.335 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.98 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  18. 1.95 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.045 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.562 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away

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