M1.5 earthquake 23 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 23 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska on Mon, May 10, 2021, 1:05 PM AKDT (21:05 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 25 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-10 21:05:48 UTC
- Depth
- 79.2 km (49.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.825° N, 151.609° 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
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 108 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.652 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 89 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.583 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 152 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.725 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 84 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 93 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 53 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.952 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 51 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.912 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.759 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 104 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.563 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 115 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.820 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.315 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 56 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.661 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 109 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 122 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.111 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 87 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 90 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.752 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 105 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.022 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 31 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.82 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.79 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.719 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.36 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.617 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 61 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 14
- 1.616 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.442 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.113 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.338 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 79 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.65 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.718 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.216 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4
- 1.87 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.711 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.415 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.515 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.510 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 99 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.847 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 102 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.723 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.520 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.517 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.329 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.69 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.038 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 93 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.55 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.611 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 65 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.918 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.538 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 56 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.285 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 128 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.621 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.862 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 119 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.156 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 105 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.832 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 57 km deep · 49 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.961 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 108 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 102 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.664 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 128 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.539 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 77 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.913 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.511 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.47 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 1.634 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 89 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.623 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.013 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 53 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.629 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 78 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 91 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.62 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.74 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.718 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.625 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 3.62 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 10
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