Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 56 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 56 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska on Tue, May 4, 2021, 7:08 PM AKDT (03:08 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.0 64 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-05 03:08:06 UTC
Depth
58.2 km (36.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.434° N, 152.901° 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
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.064 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 93 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 1.550 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 108 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 1.961 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 140 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.632 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 77 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 2.259 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 97 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.545 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 1.736 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 132 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.628 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 75 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 2.463 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 135 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.426 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 160 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 2.564 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 83 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 2.324 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 60 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 2.061 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 109 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 3.649 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 70 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.66 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.568 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 66 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 1.547 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 87 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 1.87 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.776 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 1.874 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 2.950 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 130 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 1.630 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 65 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 1.621 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 70 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 1.970 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 2.457 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 116 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 1.745 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 133 km deep · 50 km away
  28. 1.561 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 95 km deep · 5 km away
  29. 1.544 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 83 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 1.561 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 142 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 3.315 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  32. 1.744 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 99 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 2.265 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 96 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 1.723 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 1.848 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 77 km deep · 12 km away
  36. 1.642 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 71 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 100 km deep · 19 km away
  38. 2.128 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
  39. 2.038 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 93 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 2.329 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 183 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 1.930 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away
  42. 1.740 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 68 km deep · 31 km away
  43. 1.54 km SW of Homer, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
  44. 1.660 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 86 km deep · 20 km away
  45. 2.156 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 105 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 1.617 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 64 km deep · 39 km away
  47. 1.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 106 km deep · 37 km away
  48. 3.750 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 82 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 6
  49. 2.155 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
  50. 1.762 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 96 km deep · 18 km away
  51. 1.954 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 83 km deep · 14 km away
  52. 1.867 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 111 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 1.921 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 70 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 2.14 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 52 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 1.64 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 2.440 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 62 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 1.666 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 99 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 1.836 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 117 km deep · 42 km away
  59. 1.853 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 114 km deep · 65 km away
  60. 2.064 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 83 km deep · 19 km away

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