Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 20 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 20 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska on Fri, May 14, 2021, 12:44 PM AKDT (20:44 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-05-14 20:44:33 UTC
Depth
39.8 km (24.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.585° N, 150.150° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
52

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 165 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.315 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 56 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.411 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.111 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.75 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.022 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.82 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 2.79 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.53 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 4
  9. 1.719 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 1.73 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 3.617 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 14
  12. 1.616 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.47 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.98 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.113 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.65 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 3.14 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 22
  19. 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.32 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  21. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 1.718 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
  23. 3.216 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
  24. 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 1.711 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 2.415 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 1.515 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
  29. 1.510 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 1.520 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
  32. 1.517 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 32 km deep · 29 km away
  33. 1.96 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 2.329 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 2.04 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.69 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
  37. 1.55 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 1.611 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
  40. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 1.918 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
  42. 1.66 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 1.621 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 1.832 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 1.620 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
  47. 2.28 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 1.613 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 1.69 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 1.524 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 82 km deep · 87 km away
  51. 1.81 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 2.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  53. 2.114 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 1.721 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 1.631 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 1.510 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
  58. 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  59. 1.54 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 2.624 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 46 km deep · 15 km away

The first 60 of 165.

Before

  1. 1.912 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 51 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 53 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.70 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.725 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 84 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.523 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.35 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.913 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 1.826 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.511 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 3.47 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.59 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 1.623 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.013 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.629 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 78 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.73 km WNW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 2.35 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.718 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 2.410 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away

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