Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 10 km SW of Healy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 10 km SW of Healy, Alaska on Mon, May 3, 2021, 9:30 AM AKDT (17:30 UTC), 66 km (41 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.4 32 km W of Ferry, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-03 17:30:36 UTC
Depth
65.7 km (40.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.786° N, 149.094° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 115 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.411 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 105 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.867 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 130 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.935 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.572 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 193 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.775 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 118 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.448 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.773 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 107 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.549 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.282 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.556 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.667 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 131 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.128 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 97 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 1.641 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.62 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 1.739 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 92 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 1.846 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 1.661 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 1.811 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 1.562 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.332 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 1.641 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 1.560 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 1.534 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 99 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 2.067 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 2.01 km SE of Anderson, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 1.817 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 101 km deep · 24 km away
  27. 2.772 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 107 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 1.651 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 2.066 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 3.09 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 103 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.671 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 105 km deep · 100 km away
  32. 1.748 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 113 km deep · 56 km away
  33. 1.652 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 1.759 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 2.376 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 119 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.168 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 132 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 1.650 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 1.669 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 1.742 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 1.741 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 2.442 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 2.161 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 1.543 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  44. 2.063 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 126 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 1.936 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  46. 1.833 km WNW of Ferry, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  47. 1.6Central Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 1.518 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 111 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 1.654 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 1.846 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 91 km deep · 68 km away
  51. 2.081 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  52. 2.059 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
  53. 1.659 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 1.76 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 103 km deep · 15 km away
  55. 1.523 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  56. 1.762 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 2.1Central Alaska · 1948 days ago · 115 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 2.013 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 112 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 1.568 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 2.031 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 84 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 115.

Before

  1. 1.962 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.564 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.882 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.555 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.361 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.961 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 85 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.718 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 111 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 2.045 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 2.046 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 100 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 1.873 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 107 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.675 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.681 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.647 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 2.062 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.360 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 112 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 1.531 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 1.868 km ENE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.540 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 104 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.848 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 101 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.847 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away

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