Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 45 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 45 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, May 11, 2021, 1:28 PM AKDT (21:28 UTC), 93 km (58 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), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-11 21:28:21 UTC
Depth
92.7 km (57.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
60.239° N, 152.389° 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
30

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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 167 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.99 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 36 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.556 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 147 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.063 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 105 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.650 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 120 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.536 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 128 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.759 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 104 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 2.350 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 105 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.065 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 132 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 3.563 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 115 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 1.640 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 136 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.557 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 99 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 101 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 3.315 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 56 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 1.742 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 120 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.611 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 2.025 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 73 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.837 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 144 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 122 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.111 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 51 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 1.79 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 2.049 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 100 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 87 km deep · 6 km away
  25. 1.756 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 109 km deep · 28 km away
  26. 2.064 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 93 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 1.550 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 90 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 2.752 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 105 km deep · 23 km away
  29. 2.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 108 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 1.82 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 1.961 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 140 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 3.617 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 61 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 14
  33. 1.632 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 77 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 2.259 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 97 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 1.545 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 1.736 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 132 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 1.628 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 2.463 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 135 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 2.442 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 74 km deep · 33 km away
  40. 2.338 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 79 km deep · 37 km away
  41. 2.426 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 160 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 1.65 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 2.564 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 1.718 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 3.216 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 60 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
  46. 2.324 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 60 km deep · 57 km away
  47. 2.061 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 109 km deep · 28 km away
  48. 1.66 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  49. 1.547 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 87 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 1.87 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 57 km deep · 41 km away
  51. 2.950 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 130 km deep · 58 km away
  52. 1.630 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
  53. 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 46 km deep · 42 km away
  54. 2.457 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 116 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 1.745 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 133 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 1.561 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 1.544 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 83 km deep · 45 km away
  58. 1.561 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 142 km deep · 45 km away
  59. 3.315 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 64 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
  60. 1.510 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 66 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.725 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 84 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.583 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 152 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.652 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 89 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.712 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.523 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 79 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.869 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 102 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 1.647 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 104 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.649 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 102 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 1.664 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 128 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.842 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 173 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 99 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 1.539 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 77 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.913 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.511 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 3.47 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.365 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 137 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 1.952 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.59 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 1.935 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 133 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.863 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 102 km deep · 29 km away

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