Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 46 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 46 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sun, May 2, 2021, 7:00 PM AKDT (03:00 UTC), 86 km (54 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M1.8 7 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-03 03:00:02 UTC
Depth
86.2 km (53.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
60.324° N, 152.309° 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
25

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. 1.547 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 87 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.87 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 57 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.950 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 130 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.630 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.457 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 116 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.745 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 133 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.544 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 83 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 1.561 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 142 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 3.315 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  11. 1.510 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.744 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 99 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 1.723 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 77 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.520 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.848 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.642 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 100 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 2.329 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.128 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 1.69 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 50 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 2.038 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 93 km deep · 11 km away
  23. 2.329 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 183 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 1.55 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  25. 1.611 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 65 km deep · 41 km away
  27. 1.918 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
  28. 1.930 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 2.285 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 128 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 1.740 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 1.54 km SW of Homer, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 1.660 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 1.862 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 119 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 2.156 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 105 km deep · 25 km away
  35. 1.832 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 57 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 1.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 106 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 3.750 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 6
  38. 1.762 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 96 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 1.613 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 1.69 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
  41. 1.738 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 92 km deep · 20 km away
  42. 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 115 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 2.151 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 101 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
  44. 1.921 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 1.524 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 82 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 1.64 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away
  47. 1.666 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 99 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 1.649 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 89 km deep · 3 km away
  49. 1.721 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 71 km deep · 33 km away
  50. 1.631 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
  51. 1.846 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 92 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
  53. 2.572 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 120 km deep · 42 km away
  54. 1.862 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 101 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 1.559 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 103 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 1.848 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 104 km deep · 11 km away
  58. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 86 km deep · 36 km away
  59. 1.958 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 92 km deep · 49 km away
  60. 1.54 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 60 km deep · 100 km away

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