Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 17 km SW of Hope, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 17 km SW of Hope, Alaska on Wed, May 26, 2021, 5:57 AM AKDT (13:57 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.9 4 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-26 13:57:33 UTC
Depth
32.0 km (19.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.817° N, 149.891° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 172 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.96 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.329 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 2.04 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.611 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 1.918 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.66 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.96 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.621 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.99 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.620 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 2.04 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.28 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.613 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.54 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.524 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 82 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 1.56 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.81 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 2.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.43 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 2.93 km ENE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 12
  24. 1.81 km WNW of Wasilla, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 2.114 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
  26. 1.631 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 1.510 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 2.140 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 1.817 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 1.88 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 1.54 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 2.624 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 46 km deep · 32 km away
  35. 1.84 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 1.65 km E of Girdwood, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  37. 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 1.622 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 32 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 1.611 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
  41. 2.5Southern Alaska · 1938 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 1.620 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 2.029 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 2.05 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  45. 2.06 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.05 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 2.224 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
  48. 1.77 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 2.118 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 36 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 2.431 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 1.920 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 2.513 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
  53. 1.922 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  54. 1.511 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 1.823 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 2.920 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 64 km deep · 88 km away
  57. 2.015 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 1.62 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
  59. 1.714 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 56 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of 172.

Before

  1. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 1.520 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.50 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 2.740 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.526 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.515 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 41 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.415 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.711 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.718 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.32 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 40 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
  13. 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 3.14 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 22
  15. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.65 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.113 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 34 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 1.98 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.47 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 1.616 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away

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