Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 12 km W of Ester, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 12 km W of Ester, Alaska on Fri, May 28, 2021, 4:56 AM AKDT (12:56 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.8 11 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-28 12:56:42 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.851° N, 148.270° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.626 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 1.528 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 1.517 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.144 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 97 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.6Central Alaska · 1940 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 2.153 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.655 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.633 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 2.410 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 1.510 km ESE of Livengood, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 1.722 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 1.612 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 1.831 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.915 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 3.251 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.613 km WNW of Livengood, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.428 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 2.126 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.526 km ENE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 1.930 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 1.59 km W of Two Rivers, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 1.56 km NNW of Moose Creek, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 2.6northern Alaska · 1897 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 1.815 km SE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 1.812 km E of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  26. 1.520 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
  27. 4.811 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 380
  28. 1.79 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
  29. 1.78 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 1.613 km WNW of Two Rivers, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away

Before

  1. 1.5Central Alaska · 1950 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 1.741 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.030 km S of Minto, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 1.611 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 1.74 km SE of Badger, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.015 km ENE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.032 km E of Minto, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.410 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 2.717 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 2.01 km SE of Anderson, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.62 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.935 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 1.511 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 1.6northern Alaska · 1972 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 2.64 km SW of Minto, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.511 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 1.555 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216sz0npf. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 12:32 PM UTC.