Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 56 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 56 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska on Fri, May 7, 2021, 2:44 AM AKDT (10:44 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.4 30 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-07 10:44:29 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.273° N, 146.660° 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
26

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.572 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 193 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.282 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 1.726 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 1.522 km WSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.862 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.661 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.332 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.560 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.066 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.259 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.650 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.635 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 2.872 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.161 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 1.543 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.561 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.580 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 2.081 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 3.430 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 1.529 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 1.570 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 1.762 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 1.723 km ENE of Paxson, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 1.763 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 2.732 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 1.932 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 2.369 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 64 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 1.562 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 3.031 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 1.956 km WNW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 1.845 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
  32. 1.545 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  33. 1.935 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 1.567 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 2.067 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  36. 3.066 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away

Before

  1. 1.560 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.5Central Alaska · 1976 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.528 km NNW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.882 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 1.752 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 2.9Central Alaska · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.837 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.886 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 1.638 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 2.045 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 2.558 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.675 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 1.681 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.062 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.660 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.560 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.661 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.750 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 2.880 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.958 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 77 km deep · 57 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0215u7gwkb. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:15 PM UTC.