Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 16 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 16 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska on Mon, May 24, 2021, 1:51 PM AKDT (21:51 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M6.1 73 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-24 21:51:08 UTC
Depth
31.9 km (19.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.849° N, 149.469° 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
28

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 106 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.630 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 77 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.724 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 1.50 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.933 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.535 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.610 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.613 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 1.96 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 1.549 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 2.04 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.530 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.734 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.625 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.621 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 1.66 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.96 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 1.99 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.714 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 1.620 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1945 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 1.821 km S of Petersville, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 2.023 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
  26. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 2.04 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 36 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 1.812 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 1.517 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  30. 2.28 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 3.328 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 39 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 11
  32. 2.54 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  33. 1.935 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 6.173 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4,618 · tsunami flag
  35. 3.873 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 10
  36. 3.476 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.974 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
  38. 3.077 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 16
  39. 2.569 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 2.271 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 1.878 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 2.674 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
  43. 2.074 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 1.674 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 1.871 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.169 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
  47. 2.273 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 3.277 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 26
  49. 3.169 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 1.671 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 1.577 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 1.578 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 52 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 2.874 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 12
  55. 2.076 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 1.674 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 6
  57. 1.673 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  58. 1.774 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 1.669 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 1.774 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.711 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.725 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.32 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.442 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.742 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 1.741 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.411 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.8Central Alaska · 1953 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.544 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 2.840 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.550 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.255 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.567 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.517 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 34 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 1.621 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 2.426 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216mi70vg. Read Fri, Sep 25, 2026, 12:13 PM UTC.