Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 42 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 42 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Wed, May 26, 2021, 5:19 AM AKDT (13:19 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.3 21 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-05-26 13:19:00 UTC
Depth
71.0 km (44.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
59.549° N, 152.570° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 126 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 100 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 2.128 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 62 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 1.69 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.038 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 93 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.329 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 183 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 1.55 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.930 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 1.740 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 68 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 1.54 km SW of Homer, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 1.660 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 86 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 2.156 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 105 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.617 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 64 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 1.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 106 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 3.750 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 82 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 6
  15. 2.155 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 1.762 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 96 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 1.954 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 83 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 1.921 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 70 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.14 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 52 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 1.64 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 2.440 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 62 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 1.666 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 99 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 1.836 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 117 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 1.649 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 89 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 1.853 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 114 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 2.064 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 83 km deep · 40 km away
  27. 2.572 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 120 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 1.559 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 103 km deep · 37 km away
  29. 3.061 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 64 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 1.848 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 104 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 1.958 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 92 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 2.171 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 130 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 2.461 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 120 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 2.272 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 127 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 2.654 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 118 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 1.755 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 82 km deep · 14 km away
  37. 1.971 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 120 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 1.838 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 75 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 2.238 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 114 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 1.539 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  41. 1.766 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 75 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 1.760 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 82 km deep · 28 km away
  43. 2.342 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 130 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 2.060 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 127 km deep · 65 km away
  45. 1.717 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 1.942 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 1.583 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 2.048 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 102 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 1.578 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 129 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 1.85 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 1.745 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 1.510 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 1.944 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 140 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 2.016 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 1.737 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 1.64 km N of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 1.514 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 57 km deep · 36 km away
  58. 1.842 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 173 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 1.638 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 69 km deep · 45 km away
  60. 1.524 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 75 km deep · 34 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.848 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 77 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 1.723 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 77 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.265 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 96 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 1.744 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 99 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.510 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 3.315 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 64 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
  7. 1.561 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 142 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 1.544 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 83 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 1.561 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 95 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 1.745 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 133 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.457 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 116 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.970 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 66 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.621 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 70 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 1.630 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 65 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 2.950 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 130 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.776 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.87 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 1.547 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 87 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 1.568 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away

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