Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 60 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 60 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska on Tue, May 11, 2021, 10:13 PM AKDT (06:13 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.2 51 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-12 06:13:44 UTC
Depth
0.2 km (0.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.972° N, 147.432° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.01 km SE of Anderson, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.817 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 101 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.410 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.74 km SE of Badger, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.066 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 3.09 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 103 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.872 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 1.741 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 2.161 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.543 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.518 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 111 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.580 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.081 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 1.76 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 103 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 1.762 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.626 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.013 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 112 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.617 km SE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 2.144 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 97 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 2.110 km SSE of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 2.153 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 1.514 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 2.655 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  24. 1.633 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 1.724 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 101 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 2.410 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 1.61 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 92 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 2.113 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 2.369 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 3.251 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.845 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 1.545 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  33. 2.07 km SE of Healy, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 95 km deep · 72 km away
  34. 1.935 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 74 km deep · 49 km away
  35. 3.26 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 111 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 1.526 km ENE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 1.567 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 2.067 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 3.066 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 1.671 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 1.663 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away

Before

  1. 2.332 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.811 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.661 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.62 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.282 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.572 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 193 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 1.935 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.756 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.411 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 105 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 1.610 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.882 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.555 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 1.752 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.718 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 111 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.886 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.045 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.675 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.681 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.062 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 1.99 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 105 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02162elaky. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:28 AM UTC.