Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 53 km S of Glacier View, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 53 km S of Glacier View, Alaska on Wed, May 5, 2021, 2:38 AM AKDT (10:38 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.7 29 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-05 10:38:01 UTC
Depth
19.8 km (12.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.329° N, 147.612° 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
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 93 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.958 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 3.030 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.744 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 61 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 1.616 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.49 km W of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.514 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.044 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.630 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.611 km SW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.651 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.53 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  12. 1.661 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 1.848 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 2.833 km S of Tolsona, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.816 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 3.14 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 22
  17. 1.725 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.737 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 2.526 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.740 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 2.535 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 1.949 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  23. 1.539 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
  24. 2.625 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 1.956 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 1.630 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
  27. 1.548 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 1.620 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
  29. 2.843 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 3.047 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 22
  32. 1.560 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 1.849 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 1.610 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 1.512 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 2.254 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
  37. 1.847 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  38. 1.639 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 2.140 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 1.936 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  41. 1.625 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 1.513 km NE of Valdez, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 2.545 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 2.731 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 32 km deep · 35 km away
  45. 2.539 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  46. 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 1.736 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 1.65 km E of Girdwood, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 1.915 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  50. 1.622 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 2.431 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
  52. 3.729 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 10
  53. 2.433 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  54. 2.146 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  55. 2.431 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 1.938 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  57. 1.648 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 2.642 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  59. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 1.643 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away

The first 60 of 93.

Before

  1. 2.031 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.842 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.465 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 1.639 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 2.041 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 1.612 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.837 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 1.636 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.045 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.562 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 2.9Southern Alaska · 1978 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.831 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1978 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.2Southern Alaska · 1979 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 1.932 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.37 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.140 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.535 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 1.939 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 1.747 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0215qwcv24. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:47 PM UTC.