M1.5 earthquake 29 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 29 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska on Thu, May 27, 2021, 1:45 PM AKDT (21:45 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 9 km ESE of Mentasta Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-27 21:45:26 UTC
- Depth
- 11.6 km (7.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.315° N, 145.321° 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
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.723 km ENE of Paxson, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.732 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.932 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.829 km N of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.031 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.845 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.545 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.985 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 77 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.030 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.19 km ESE of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 9
- 4.16 km ESE of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 3.430 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.872 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.635 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.215 km S of Tanacross, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.726 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.752 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.9Central Alaska · 1976 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.837 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216rgrtkp. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 9:36 AM UTC.