Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 25 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 25 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska on Tue, May 11, 2021, 4:29 AM AKDT (12:29 UTC), 84 km (52 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-05-11 12:29:52 UTC
Depth
83.9 km (52.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
60.875° N, 151.551° 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
40

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 113 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.631 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 83 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.745 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 93 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 53 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 1.952 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 51 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.912 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.759 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 104 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 1.820 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 3.315 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 56 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 1.661 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 109 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 2.411 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 122 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 1.816 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.111 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 87 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.550 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 90 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.752 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 105 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 1.75 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.022 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.82 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 2.79 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 1.719 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 1.73 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.36 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 3.617 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 61 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 14
  26. 1.616 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 1.98 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  28. 2.442 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 74 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 2.113 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 34 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 2.338 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 1.65 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 60 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  34. 2.32 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 1.718 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 3.216 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
  38. 1.87 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 1.711 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 2.415 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 1.515 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 1.510 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 66 km deep · 72 km away
  45. 1.744 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 99 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 1.847 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 102 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 1.723 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 77 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 1.520 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  49. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
  50. 1.517 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 2.336 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 104 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 2.329 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 2.139 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 93 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 1.69 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
  55. 2.038 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 93 km deep · 82 km away
  56. 1.55 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 1.611 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 1.918 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.583 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 152 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.652 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 89 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 1.523 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 79 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 1.961 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 108 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.628 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 63 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 1.649 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 102 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 1.664 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 128 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 1.539 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 77 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 1.913 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.511 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 3.47 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  12. 1.634 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 89 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.59 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.623 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.013 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 53 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 1.629 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 78 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 1.554 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 91 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.35 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.74 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 1.718 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away

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