Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 2 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 2 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska on Mon, May 17, 2021, 6:22 AM AKDT (14:22 UTC), 36 km (22 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
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-17 14:22:33 UTC
Depth
35.8 km (22.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.478° N, 150.775° 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
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 177 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.79 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 1.719 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 3.617 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 14
  4. 1.616 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.98 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 2.442 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.113 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.338 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 79 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 1.65 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 60 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.32 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.718 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 36 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 3.216 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
  15. 1.87 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.711 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.415 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 1.515 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 41 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 1.510 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
  22. 1.744 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 1.723 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 1.520 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 42 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 1.517 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 2.329 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 51 km deep · 27 km away
  28. 1.69 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 2.038 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 93 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 1.55 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 1.611 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 34 km deep · 31 km away
  32. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 1.918 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 53 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 1.621 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 1.832 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
  36. 2.019 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 1.613 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
  38. 1.69 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 61 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 1.738 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 92 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 1.524 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 82 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 1.81 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
  42. 1.64 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
  43. 1.649 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 89 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 2.114 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
  45. 1.721 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 71 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 1.631 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 39 km deep · 40 km away
  47. 1.510 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 1.846 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
  50. 1.862 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 101 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  52. 1.848 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 104 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 86 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 1.54 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
  55. 2.624 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away
  56. 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 58 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 1.611 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 1.717 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 70 km deep · 48 km away
  59. 1.526 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 77 km deep · 60 km away
  60. 2.5Southern Alaska · 1935 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 177.

Before

  1. 2.022 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.752 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 105 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 87 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.111 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 51 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 3.315 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 56 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 1.820 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 1.759 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 104 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.912 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 51 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 53 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 1.745 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 93 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.725 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 84 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.652 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 89 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.712 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.523 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 79 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 1.649 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.664 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 128 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.539 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 77 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.913 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away

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