Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 9 km WSW of Homer, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 9 km WSW of Homer, Alaska on Tue, May 11, 2021, 1:35 PM AKDT (21:35 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.7 50 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-05-11 21:35:46 UTC
Depth
35.8 km (22.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.615° N, 151.702° 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
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 130 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.063 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 105 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.670 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.650 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 120 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 3.265 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 95 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.350 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 105 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.559 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 85 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 3.563 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 115 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.041 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.557 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 99 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 101 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.611 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 62 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 2.025 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 73 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 2.111 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.79 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 57 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 2.049 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 100 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 87 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.756 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 109 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 2.064 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 93 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 1.550 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 2.752 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 108 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 3.617 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 14
  23. 1.632 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 77 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 2.259 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 97 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 1.545 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 1.628 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 75 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 2.442 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 1.65 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 2.564 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 83 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 1.718 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 3.216 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
  32. 2.324 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 60 km deep · 33 km away
  33. 2.061 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 109 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 3.649 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.66 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  36. 1.568 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 1.547 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 87 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 1.87 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 57 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 1.630 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 65 km deep · 44 km away
  40. 1.621 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 1.970 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 66 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 2.457 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 116 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 1.745 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 133 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 1.561 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 95 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 1.544 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
  47. 3.315 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 64 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
  48. 1.510 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 1.744 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 99 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 1.723 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 77 km deep · 52 km away
  51. 1.520 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 1.848 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 77 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 1.642 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
  54. 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 100 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 2.329 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 2.128 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 62 km deep · 38 km away
  57. 1.69 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
  58. 2.038 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 93 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 1.55 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  60. 1.611 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.745 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 93 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.712 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 1.869 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 102 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.647 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 104 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 99 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.913 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.511 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 3.47 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.952 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 74 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.59 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.863 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 102 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.554 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 91 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.62 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 68 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 2.249 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 101 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.656 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 3.62 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 10
  18. 1.863 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.267 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 108 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.845 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 111 km deep · 92 km away

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