Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 4 km SW of Minto, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 4 km SW of Minto, Alaska on Sun, May 2, 2021, 8:24 PM AKDT (04:24 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.7 17 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-03 04:24:11 UTC
Depth
16.8 km (10.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
65.124° N, 149.425° 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
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6northern Alaska · 1972 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 1.511 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.935 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.62 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.638 km N of Rampart, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.01 km SE of Anderson, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.717 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 2.410 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.032 km E of Minto, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 1.611 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.030 km S of Minto, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 1.741 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.5Central Alaska · 1950 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.512 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 1.626 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.520 km W of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.528 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 1.6Central Alaska · 1941 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 1.633 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.410 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 1.510 km ESE of Livengood, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 1.722 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  23. 1.612 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 1.831 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  25. 1.645 km SSW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 1.915 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 1.613 km WNW of Livengood, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 2.428 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  29. 2.126 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away

Before

  1. 1.511 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.332 km SE of Minto, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 2.020 km SE of Livengood, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.59 km NE of Minto, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 1.53 km ESE of Minto, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 1.59 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.710 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.012 km ESE of Rampart, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 1.719 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away

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