Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 11 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 11 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska on Sat, May 8, 2021, 12:12 PM AKDT (20:12 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.3 25 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-08 20:12:26 UTC
Depth
35.5 km (22.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.131° N, 151.433° 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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 127 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.913 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 1.539 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 77 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 99 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.664 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 128 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.649 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 102 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.869 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 102 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.523 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 79 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.712 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.652 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 89 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.725 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 84 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.745 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 93 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 1.99 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 51 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.063 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 105 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.759 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 104 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 2.065 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 132 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 3.563 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 115 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 1.557 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 99 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 101 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 1.820 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 3.315 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 1.611 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 2.025 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 73 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 2.111 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 51 km deep · 23 km away
  27. 1.79 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 2.049 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 100 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 87 km deep · 58 km away
  30. 1.756 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 109 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 1.550 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 90 km deep · 61 km away
  32. 2.752 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 105 km deep · 56 km away
  33. 2.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 108 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 1.82 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 36 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 1.961 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 140 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 3.617 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 61 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 14
  37. 1.632 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 77 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 2.259 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 97 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 1.98 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 1.628 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 2.463 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 135 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 2.442 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 74 km deep · 52 km away
  43. 2.338 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 79 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 1.65 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 60 km deep · 27 km away
  45. 1.718 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 36 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 3.216 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 60 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
  47. 2.324 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 2.061 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 109 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 1.66 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  50. 1.547 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 1.87 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 57 km deep · 26 km away
  52. 1.630 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away
  54. 2.457 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 116 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 2.415 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 1.544 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 83 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 1.561 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 142 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 1.515 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 3.315 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  60. 1.510 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 66 km deep · 13 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 3.47 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 43 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.365 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 137 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.59 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.863 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.013 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 53 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 1.629 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.554 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 91 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.62 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 68 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.249 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 101 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 3.62 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 47 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 10
  11. 2.267 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 108 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.99 km SSE of Seldovia, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.746 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.521 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 59 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 1.820 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 79 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.782 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.419 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 68 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 1.56 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 67 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 1.845 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 90 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 1.746 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 86 km deep · 53 km away

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