M1.7 earthquake 9 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska

Magnitude

1.7 (ml), micro

Local time

Sun, May 16, 2021, 5:22 AM AKDT

UTC

2021-05-16 13:22:33 UTC

Depth

57.3 km (35.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

59.444° N, 151.921° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

40

• Homer, AlaskaPopulation 5,515. Forecast30 kmSW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast226 kmSSW

After

1. 2.049 km W of Happy Valley, AlaskaSun, May 16, 5:53 AM AKDT · 1960 days ago · 100 km deep · 75 km away
2. 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaSun, May 16, 7:44 AM AKDT · 1960 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
3. 1.756 km W of Happy Valley, AlaskaSun, May 16, 8:07 AM AKDT · 1960 days ago · 109 km deep · 81 km away
4. 2.064 km ESE of Pedro Bay, AlaskaSun, May 16, 9:51 AM AKDT · 1960 days ago · 93 km deep · 65 km away
5. 1.550 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaSun, May 16, 10:43 AM AKDT · 1960 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
6. 2.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaSun, May 16, 11:48 PM AKDT · 1959 days ago · 108 km deep · 90 km away
7. 3.617 km NW of Clam Gulch, AlaskaTue, May 18, 5:37 AM AKDT · 1958 days ago · 61 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 14
8. 1.632 km WSW of Anchor Point, AlaskaTue, May 18, 5:21 PM AKDT · 1957 days ago · 77 km deep · 41 km away
9. 2.259 km E of Pedro Bay, AlaskaWed, May 19, 4:08 AM AKDT · 1957 days ago · 97 km deep · 75 km away
10. 1.545 km W of Nanwalek, AlaskaWed, May 19, 4:15 AM AKDT · 1957 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
11. 1.736 km ENE of Pedro Bay, AlaskaWed, May 19, 8:57 AM AKDT · 1957 days ago · 132 km deep · 99 km away
12. 1.628 km WNW of Nanwalek, AlaskaWed, May 19, 9:34 AM AKDT · 1957 days ago · 75 km deep · 28 km away
13. 2.564 km ESE of Pedro Bay, AlaskaFri, May 21, 10:33 AM AKDT · 1955 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
14. 2.324 km WSW of Anchor Point, AlaskaSat, May 22, 7:46 AM AKDT · 1954 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
15. 2.061 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaSat, May 22, 8:46 AM AKDT · 1954 days ago · 109 km deep · 86 km away
16. 3.649 km W of Nanwalek, AlaskaSat, May 22, 10:29 AM AKDT · 1954 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
17. 1.66 km SW of Anchor Point, AlaskaSat, May 22, 11:59 AM AKDT · 1953 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
18. 1.568 km WSW of Nanwalek, AlaskaSat, May 22, 3:10 PM AKDT · 1953 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
19. 1.547 km W of Anchor Point, AlaskaSat, May 22, 10:11 PM AKDT · 1953 days ago · 87 km deep · 55 km away
20. 1.87 km NW of Happy Valley, AlaskaSun, May 23, 1:41 AM AKDT · 1953 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
21. 1.776 km N of Aleneva, AlaskaSun, May 23, 5:35 AM AKDT · 1953 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away
22. 1.630 km WNW of Nanwalek, AlaskaSun, May 23, 1:04 PM AKDT · 1952 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away
23. 1.621 km SW of Nanwalek, AlaskaSun, May 23, 5:50 PM AKDT · 1952 days ago · 70 km deep · 29 km away
24. 1.970 km SW of Nanwalek, AlaskaSun, May 23, 6:01 PM AKDT · 1952 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
25. 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, AlaskaSun, May 23, 10:05 PM AKDT · 1952 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
26. 2.457 km ENE of Pedro Bay, AlaskaMon, May 24, 12:24 AM AKDT · 1952 days ago · 116 km deep · 93 km away
27. 1.745 km E of Pedro Bay, AlaskaMon, May 24, 4:57 AM AKDT · 1952 days ago · 133 km deep · 89 km away
28. 1.561 km W of Nanwalek, AlaskaMon, May 24, 8:01 AM AKDT · 1952 days ago · 95 km deep · 61 km away
29. 1.544 km W of Anchor Point, AlaskaMon, May 24, 1:32 PM AKDT · 1951 days ago · 83 km deep · 59 km away
30. 3.315 km NW of Nanwalek, AlaskaMon, May 24, 6:48 PM AKDT · 1951 days ago · 64 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 3
31. 1.510 km W of Clam Gulch, AlaskaMon, May 24, 6:52 PM AKDT · 1951 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
32. 1.744 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaMon, May 24, 7:02 PM AKDT · 1951 days ago · 99 km deep · 84 km away
33. 1.723 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaTue, May 25, 8:28 PM AKDT · 1950 days ago · 77 km deep · 67 km away
34. 1.848 km WNW of Nanwalek, AlaskaWed, May 26, 2:17 AM AKDT · 1950 days ago · 77 km deep · 46 km away
35. 1.642 km WNW of Nanwalek, AlaskaWed, May 26, 5:19 AM AKDT · 1950 days ago · 71 km deep · 38 km away
36. 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, AlaskaWed, May 26, 10:12 AM AKDT · 1950 days ago · 100 km deep · 60 km away
37. 2.128 km W of Anchor Point, AlaskaWed, May 26, 6:53 PM AKDT · 1949 days ago · 62 km deep · 40 km away
38. 1.69 km W of Clam Gulch, AlaskaThu, May 27, 1:47 AM AKDT · 1949 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
39. 2.038 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaThu, May 27, 2:00 AM AKDT · 1949 days ago · 93 km deep · 89 km away
40. 1.55 km E of Ninilchik, AlaskaThu, May 27, 4:02 AM AKDT · 1949 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
41. 1.930 km WNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaThu, May 27, 8:26 PM AKDT · 1948 days ago · 75 km deep · 53 km away
42. 1.740 km WSW of Anchor Point, AlaskaFri, May 28, 9:55 AM AKDT · 1948 days ago · 68 km deep · 37 km away
43. 1.54 km SW of Homer, AlaskaFri, May 28, 12:01 PM AKDT · 1947 days ago · 59 km deep · 26 km away
44. 1.660 km WNW of Nanwalek, AlaskaFri, May 28, 7:37 PM AKDT · 1947 days ago · 86 km deep · 56 km away
45. 2.156 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaSat, May 29, 4:37 AM AKDT · 1947 days ago · 105 km deep · 91 km away
46. 1.617 km WNW of Nanwalek, AlaskaSat, May 29, 5:42 AM AKDT · 1947 days ago · 64 km deep · 17 km away
47. 1.654 km E of Pedro Bay, AlaskaSat, May 29, 3:52 PM AKDT · 1946 days ago · 106 km deep · 76 km away
48. 3.750 km WNW of Nanwalek, AlaskaSun, May 30, 12:55 AM AKDT · 1946 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 6
49. 2.019 km SSE of Fox River, AlaskaSun, May 30, 1:22 AM AKDT · 1946 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
50. 2.155 km WSW of Nanwalek, AlaskaSun, May 30, 6:06 AM AKDT · 1946 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
51. 1.762 km ESE of Pedro Bay, AlaskaSun, May 30, 6:27 AM AKDT · 1946 days ago · 96 km deep · 67 km away
52. 1.954 km W of Nanwalek, AlaskaSun, May 30, 1:00 PM AKDT · 1945 days ago · 83 km deep · 56 km away
53. 1.613 km ESE of Clam Gulch, AlaskaSun, May 30, 5:47 PM AKDT · 1945 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
54. 1.921 km W of Anchor Point, AlaskaMon, May 31, 6:52 AM AKDT · 1945 days ago · 70 km deep · 43 km away
55. 2.14 km NNW of Nanwalek, AlaskaMon, May 31, 8:30 AM AKDT · 1945 days ago · 52 km deep · 5 km away
56. 1.64 km SW of Happy Valley, AlaskaTue, Jun 1, 4:04 AM AKDT · 1944 days ago · 48 km deep · 53 km away
57. 2.440 km WSW of Nanwalek, AlaskaTue, Jun 1, 4:32 AM AKDT · 1944 days ago · 62 km deep · 44 km away
58. 1.666 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaTue, Jun 1, 5:07 AM AKDT · 1944 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
59. 1.836 km ESE of Pedro Bay, AlaskaTue, Jun 1, 5:51 AM AKDT · 1944 days ago · 117 km deep · 94 km away
60. 2.064 km W of Nanwalek, AlaskaWed, Jun 2, 4:29 AM AKDT · 1943 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

1. 2.025 km WNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaFri, May 14, 10:04 PM AKDT · 1961 days ago · 73 km deep · 47 km away
2. 1.611 km W of Anchor Point, AlaskaFri, May 14, 4:27 PM AKDT · 1961 days ago · 62 km deep · 37 km away
3. 1.742 km ENE of Pedro Bay, AlaskaFri, May 14, 4:23 PM AKDT · 1961 days ago · 120 km deep · 98 km away
4. 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, AlaskaFri, May 14, 11:14 AM AKDT · 1962 days ago · 101 km deep · 73 km away
5. 1.557 km W of Anchor Point, AlaskaFri, May 14, 12:48 AM AKDT · 1962 days ago · 99 km deep · 67 km away
6. 1.640 km ENE of Pedro Bay, AlaskaThu, May 13, 9:17 PM AKDT · 1962 days ago · 136 km deep · 97 km away
7. 2.041 km SW of Nanwalek, AlaskaThu, May 13, 7:35 PM AKDT · 1962 days ago · 60 km deep · 49 km away
8. 3.563 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaThu, May 13, 7:28 PM AKDT · 1962 days ago · 115 km deep · 93 km away
9. 1.559 km W of Nanwalek, AlaskaThu, May 13, 5:35 PM AKDT · 1962 days ago · 85 km deep · 60 km away
10. 2.350 km E of Pedro Bay, AlaskaThu, May 13, 12:45 PM AKDT · 1962 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
11. 3.265 km WSW of Nanwalek, AlaskaThu, May 13, 5:12 AM AKDT · 1963 days ago · 95 km deep · 68 km away
12. 1.862 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, AlaskaThu, May 13, 12:27 AM AKDT · 1963 days ago · 106 km deep · 92 km away
13. 1.536 km E of Pedro Bay, AlaskaWed, May 12, 9:02 PM AKDT · 1963 days ago · 128 km deep · 95 km away
14. 1.650 km ENE of Pedro Bay, AlaskaWed, May 12, 6:00 PM AKDT · 1963 days ago · 120 km deep · 91 km away
15. 2.670 km WSW of Nanwalek, AlaskaWed, May 12, 5:18 PM AKDT · 1963 days ago · 77 km deep · 73 km away
16. 2.063 km E of Pedro Bay, AlaskaWed, May 12, 4:08 PM AKDT · 1963 days ago · 105 km deep · 71 km away
17. 1.99 km WSW of Homer, AlaskaTue, May 11, 1:35 PM AKDT · 1964 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away
18. 1.745 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaTue, May 11, 1:28 PM AKDT · 1964 days ago · 93 km deep · 92 km away
19. 1.712 km E of Fritz Creek, AlaskaMon, May 10, 3:09 PM AKDT · 1965 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
20. 1.869 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaMon, May 10, 9:51 AM AKDT · 1966 days ago · 102 km deep · 93 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021694ymcl. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 7:16 AM UTC.