Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 26 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 26 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska on Sun, May 9, 2021, 9:58 AM AKDT (17:58 UTC), 9 km (5 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
2021-05-09 17:58:38 UTC
Depth
8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.320° N, 145.455° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.522 km WSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 1.635 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 2.872 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.580 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.081 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 3.430 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 1.529 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 1.723 km ENE of Paxson, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 2.732 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 1.932 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 1.829 km N of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 3.031 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 1.845 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 1.545 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away

Before

  1. 2.282 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.572 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 193 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.756 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 1.882 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.752 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.9Central Alaska · 1976 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.837 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 1.886 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.638 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 1.675 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.681 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.750 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 2.880 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.682 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.050 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away

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