Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 46 km NE of Livengood, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 46 km NE of Livengood, Alaska on Sat, May 29, 2021, 4:18 AM AKDT (12:18 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.1 23 km NNW of Beaver, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-29 12:18:26 UTC
Depth
2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
65.861° N, 147.964° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.517 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.939 km NW of Stevens Village, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 3.123 km NNW of Beaver, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.510 km ESE of Livengood, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.550 km W of Beaver, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.613 km WNW of Livengood, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.113 km NNW of Stevens Village, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.021 km NE of Beaver, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.821 km W of Beaver, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 2.6northern Alaska · 1901 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 1.814 km NE of Stevens Village, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away

Before

  1. 2.917 km WNW of Beaver, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.032 km E of Minto, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.638 km N of Rampart, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.6northern Alaska · 1975 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216umbtu1. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:34 PM UTC.