Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 69 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 69 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska on Fri, May 21, 2021, 7:03 AM AKDT (15:03 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.4 32 km W of Ferry, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-21 15:03:31 UTC
Depth
2.6 km (1.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.861° N, 150.485° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 128 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.742 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 112 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.861 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.163 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 134 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.648 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.063 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 126 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.936 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 1.833 km WNW of Ferry, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 1.6Central Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 1.518 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 111 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.754 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 113 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.846 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 91 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.5Central Alaska · 1948 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.765 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 123 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 1.749 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.76 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 103 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.857 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.059 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.642 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 1.631 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 2.1Central Alaska · 1945 days ago · 115 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 2.013 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 112 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 1.568 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 1.662 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 104 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 2.031 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 84 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 1.566 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 116 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 1.831 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 2.260 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 126 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 1.765 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 116 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 1.617 km SE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 121 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 1.567 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 1.749 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 3.027 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 100 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 1.665 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 93 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 1.548 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  37. 1.540 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 1.514 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 2.069 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 125 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 1.545 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 1.747 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 111 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 1.762 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 93 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 1.519 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 96 km deep · 86 km away
  45. 2.065 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 132 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 1.562 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 130 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 1.566 km ENE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  48. 2.257 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 123 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 1.724 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 101 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 1.637 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
  51. 1.829 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 1.665 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 118 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 1.569 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 107 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 1.825 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 1.549 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 1.619 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 1.525 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 84 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 3.055 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 87 km deep · 100 km away
  59. 2.466 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 127 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.563 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 133 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 128.

Before

  1. 2.425 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.168 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 132 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.644 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.658 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.376 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 119 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.631 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 1.758 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 131 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.748 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 113 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.764 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 123 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.671 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 105 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.649 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 3.09 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 103 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.140 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.038 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.6Central Alaska · 1959 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.833 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 1.651 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 2.772 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 107 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 1.817 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 101 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.01 km SE of Anderson, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away

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