Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 30 km S of Minto, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 30 km S of Minto, Alaska on Sun, May 23, 2021, 2:21 AM AKDT (10:21 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.2 51 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-23 10:21:53 UTC
Depth
3.2 km (2.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.877° N, 149.317° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.741 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.936 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.833 km WNW of Ferry, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.5Central Alaska · 1950 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.512 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 1.626 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.520 km W of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.528 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 1.517 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.6Central Alaska · 1941 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 2.153 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.655 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.633 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.410 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 1.637 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 1.510 km ESE of Livengood, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.722 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 1.612 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 1.830 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 1.831 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 1.645 km SSW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.915 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 3.251 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.613 km WNW of Livengood, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 2.428 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 2.126 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 1.526 km ENE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  28. 1.519 km W of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 1.930 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 1.59 km W of Two Rivers, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 2.6northern Alaska · 1898 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 1.557 km S of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 1.815 km SE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 1.853 km SW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 1.611 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 1.74 km SE of Badger, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.651 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.032 km E of Minto, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 2.410 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.717 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.01 km SE of Anderson, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.62 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.935 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 1.511 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.6northern Alaska · 1973 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 2.64 km SW of Minto, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 1.511 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.555 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.332 km SE of Minto, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216knxky3. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:48 AM UTC.