Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 5 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 5 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, May 27, 2021, 4:02 AM AKDT (12:02 UTC), 35 km (22 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
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-27 12:02:33 UTC
Depth
35.3 km (21.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.052° N, 151.562° 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
15

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 116 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.611 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.918 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 1.930 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 75 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 1.740 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 68 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.54 km SW of Homer, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 1.660 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 86 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.156 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 105 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.832 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 57 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 1.617 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 64 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 106 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 3.750 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 82 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 6
  13. 2.019 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.613 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 43 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 1.69 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 61 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 1.738 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 92 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 1.921 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 2.14 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 1.524 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 1.64 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 48 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 1.666 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 99 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 1.649 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 89 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 1.721 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 71 km deep · 34 km away
  24. 1.631 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 45 km deep · 29 km away
  26. 2.572 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 120 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 1.559 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 103 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 1.848 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 104 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 86 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 1.958 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 92 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 2.171 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 130 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 2.624 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.461 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 120 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 2.147 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 2.272 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 127 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 1.755 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 82 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 1.971 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 120 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 1.838 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 75 km deep · 53 km away
  41. 1.539 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  42. 2.060 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 127 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 1.717 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 70 km deep · 20 km away
  44. 2.048 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 102 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 1.578 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 129 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 1.526 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 77 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 1.977 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 120 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 1.620 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 1.85 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 60 km deep · 11 km away
  50. 1.943 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 85 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 1.745 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 74 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 1.510 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 67 km deep · 7 km away
  53. 1.77 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
  54. 1.530 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 2.016 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  56. 1.737 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 77 km deep · 43 km away
  57. 1.543 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  58. 1.64 km N of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
  59. 1.514 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 1.524 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.038 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 93 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 1.69 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 50 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 2.128 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.329 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 51 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 100 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.642 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.848 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 77 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.520 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 1.723 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 77 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 1.744 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 99 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.510 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 66 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 3.315 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  14. 1.561 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 142 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.544 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 83 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.745 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 133 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 2.415 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 2.457 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 116 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 1.621 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away

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