Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 80 km ENE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 80 km ENE of Chiniak, Alaska on Mon, May 17, 2021, 6:25 AM AKDT (14:25 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.0 51 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-17 14:25:38 UTC
Depth
24.7 km (15.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.840° N, 151.002° 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.467 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.3113 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.940 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.161 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.436 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 2.311 km ESE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 3.051 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 2.286 km E of Chiniak, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 121 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 1.5103 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 2.758 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 57 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 2.4136 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.280 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 1.874 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 1.680 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 1.562 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 2.088 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 46 km deep · 34 km away

Before

  1. 1.712 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.933 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.965 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.366 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 31 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 3.0100 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 1.96 km E of Womens Bay, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.19 km W of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 3.259 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 2.0Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 46 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 1.769 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 46 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 1.974 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216at420l. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:09 AM UTC.