Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 15 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 15 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska on Mon, May 24, 2021, 6:09 PM AKDT (02:09 UTC), 41 km (25 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
2021-05-25 02:09:20 UTC
Depth
41.0 km (25.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.613° N, 149.953° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 149 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.510 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.526 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.520 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 1.517 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 32 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 1.96 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.725 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.329 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 51 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.04 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.69 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.611 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 1.918 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 1.66 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 1.621 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.620 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.28 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 1.613 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 1.69 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 1.524 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 82 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 1.81 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 2.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.114 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  27. 1.631 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 1.510 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 1.54 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 2.624 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 46 km deep · 24 km away
  33. 1.84 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 1.65 km E of Girdwood, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 1.622 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 1.611 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 1.717 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 1.526 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 77 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 2.5Southern Alaska · 1935 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 1.620 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 2.05 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  44. 2.06 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.05 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 2.224 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 1.77 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 2.118 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away
  49. 2.431 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 1.543 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  51. 1.920 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 2.513 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
  53. 1.922 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 1.511 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 1.823 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 2.920 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 64 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 2.015 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 1.62 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  59. 1.714 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 56 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of 149.

Before

  1. 2.415 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.711 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 3.216 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  5. 1.718 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 36 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.32 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  8. 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 3.14 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 22
  10. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.65 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.113 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.98 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 2.47 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.616 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 3.617 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 14
  17. 1.73 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 1.719 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.53 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
  20. 2.79 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away

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