Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 6 km E of Healy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 6 km E of Healy, Alaska on Thu, May 27, 2021, 7:05 AM AKDT (15:05 UTC), 103 km (64 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
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-27 15:05:38 UTC
Depth
103.3 km (64.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.858° N, 148.841° 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
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.523 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 1.762 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.626 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.1Central Alaska · 1945 days ago · 115 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.013 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 112 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 2.031 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 84 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.617 km SE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 2.144 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 97 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 121 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.567 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.153 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 3.027 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 100 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.549 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.514 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.655 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 1.633 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.519 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 96 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.566 km ENE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 1.724 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 101 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 2.410 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 1.637 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 1.525 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 84 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 1.644 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 1.612 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 4.432 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 80
  26. 3.341 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.526 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  28. 1.830 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 1.529 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  30. 1.61 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 92 km deep · 7 km away
  31. 2.113 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  32. 1.558 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 138 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 2.369 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 3.251 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.637 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 121 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 2.126 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 2.242 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 1.636 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
  39. 2.523 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 79 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 2.07 km SE of Healy, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 95 km deep · 5 km away
  41. 1.567 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 1.935 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 74 km deep · 37 km away
  43. 3.26 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 111 km deep · 1 km away
  44. 1.749 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 104 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 1.526 km ENE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 1.567 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 2.067 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 3.066 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 2.436 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 1.671 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 1.550 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 1.663 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 2.130 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 82 km deep · 79 km away
  54. 1.548 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 63 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 2.436 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 90 km deep · 81 km away
  56. 1.855 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 2.631 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 115 km deep · 40 km away
  58. 1.782 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 1.8Central Alaska · 1896 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 1.63 km SE of Healy, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away

The first 60 of 76.

Before

  1. 2.081 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.846 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 91 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.518 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 111 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 1.6Central Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.833 km WNW of Ferry, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.936 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 1.543 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.161 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 2.442 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.741 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.872 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.742 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.669 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.650 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.748 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 113 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 3.09 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 103 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.611 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.066 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 1.651 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 1.817 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 101 km deep · 11 km away

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