Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 5 km E of Girdwood, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 5 km E of Girdwood, Alaska on Sat, Jun 5, 2021, 1:25 PM AKDT (21:25 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.9 4 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-05 21:25:48 UTC
Depth
20.1 km (12.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.949° N, 149.070° 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: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.622 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.611 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.431 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 3.729 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 10
  6. 2.433 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.912 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  8. 2.05 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.06 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.05 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.58 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.118 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.431 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 1.920 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.513 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 3.014 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 7
  17. 1.922 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 1.511 km E of Willow, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.633 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.640 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 1.62 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 2.348 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 2.113 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 1.77 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 1.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 1.57 km SSE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 1.714 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
  28. 1.525 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 1.95 km S of Houston, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 1.549 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 1.95 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 1.621 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 1.617 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 32 km deep · 75 km away
  35. 1.857 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 1.614 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 2.47 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.622 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 1.87 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 1.853 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 1.56 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
  43. 1.716 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 1.77 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 3.94 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 204 · tsunami flag
  46. 1.97 km S of Willow, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 2.15 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 1.64 km W of Eagle River, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 1.558 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  50. 2.46 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 1.66 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  52. 1.67 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 1.87 km NW of Point MacKenzie, AK · 1915 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 2.219 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 1.618 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 1.94 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 1.617 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
  58. 1.916 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 1.931 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 1.711 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 118.

Before

  1. 1.84 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.624 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.88 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.731 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.140 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 1.510 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.639 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.114 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 1.81 km WNW of Wasilla, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.93 km ENE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 12
  11. 2.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  12. 1.81 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.849 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.56 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.560 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.54 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.28 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.812 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.04 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away

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