Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 38 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 38 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, May 27, 2021, 2:00 AM AKDT (10:00 UTC), 93 km (57 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
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-27 10:00:30 UTC
Depth
92.5 km (57.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
60.229° N, 152.260° 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
39

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 141 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.329 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 183 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 1.55 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 1.611 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 65 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 1.918 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.930 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 75 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 2.285 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 128 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.740 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 1.54 km SW of Homer, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 1.660 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 86 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.862 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 119 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.156 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 105 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 1.832 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 57 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 1.617 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 106 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 3.750 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 82 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
  17. 1.762 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 96 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 1.613 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.69 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 61 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 1.738 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 92 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 115 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 1.921 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 70 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 2.14 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 1.524 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 1.64 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 1.666 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 99 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 1.836 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 117 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 1.649 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 89 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 1.721 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 71 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 1.631 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 1.846 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 2.572 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 120 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 1.862 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 101 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 1.559 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 103 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 1.848 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 104 km deep · 10 km away
  38. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 86 km deep · 46 km away
  39. 1.958 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 92 km deep · 42 km away
  40. 2.171 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 130 km deep · 42 km away
  41. 2.461 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 120 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 2.272 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 127 km deep · 43 km away
  43. 1.755 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
  44. 1.971 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 120 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 1.838 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
  47. 2.238 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 114 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 1.539 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 2.257 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 151 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 1.760 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 82 km deep · 100 km away
  51. 2.384 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 151 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 2.342 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 130 km deep · 75 km away
  53. 2.060 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 127 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 1.717 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 70 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 2.048 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 102 km deep · 31 km away
  56. 1.578 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 129 km deep · 40 km away
  57. 1.526 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 77 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 1.977 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 120 km deep · 58 km away
  59. 1.620 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
  60. 1.85 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 60 km deep · 34 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.69 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 50 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 2.128 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 62 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.329 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 100 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.642 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 71 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.848 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 77 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.520 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.723 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 77 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 1.744 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 99 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 1.510 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 66 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 3.315 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  13. 1.561 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 142 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 1.544 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 83 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 1.561 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 95 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.745 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 133 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.415 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 2.457 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 116 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 46 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 1.630 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216r9yeyd. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 7:48 AM UTC.