Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 18 km S of Funny River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 18 km S of Funny River, Alaska on Fri, May 21, 2021, 10:56 PM AKDT (06:56 UTC), 36 km (23 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
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-22 06:56:04 UTC
Depth
36.3 km (22.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.333° N, 150.784° 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: 177 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.216 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
  2. 1.66 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.87 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 2.415 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 1.515 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.510 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 66 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 1.744 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 99 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.723 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 77 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.520 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 1.517 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.329 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 51 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 1.69 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 2.038 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 93 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.55 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 1.611 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 65 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 1.918 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 53 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 1.54 km SW of Homer, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 1.832 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 2.019 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 1.613 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 43 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 1.69 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
  25. 1.738 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 92 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 1.921 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.524 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 82 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 1.81 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 1.64 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
  30. 1.649 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 89 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 2.114 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  32. 1.721 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 71 km deep · 51 km away
  33. 1.631 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away
  34. 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 45 km deep · 25 km away
  35. 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 1.848 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 104 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 86 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 1.54 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 2.624 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 46 km deep · 42 km away
  40. 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 1.717 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 70 km deep · 35 km away
  42. 1.526 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 77 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 1.620 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 1.85 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 60 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 1.943 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 85 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 1.745 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 1.510 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
  48. 1.77 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 52 km deep · 41 km away
  49. 1.530 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 2.016 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  51. 2.118 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 1.737 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
  53. 1.543 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 1.64 km N of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
  55. 2.513 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
  56. 1.942 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 1.511 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 54 km deep · 25 km away
  58. 2.311 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
  59. 1.823 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 2.920 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 64 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 177.

Before

  1. 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.65 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 60 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 2.338 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 79 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.113 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.442 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.98 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 3.617 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 14
  8. 1.719 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.79 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.82 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 36 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 2.752 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.550 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 90 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 87 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.111 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 51 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 1.611 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 3.315 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 1.820 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 40 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.759 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 104 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 51 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216iy7w66. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:38 PM UTC.