M1.6 earthquake 58 km N of Petersville, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 58 km N of Petersville, Alaska on Wed, May 19, 2021, 8:30 AM AKDT (16:30 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 16 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-19 16:30:08 UTC
- Depth
- 95.3 km (59.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.017° N, 150.887° 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
- 24
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 118 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.777 km E of Nikolai, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.553 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.644 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.031 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 76 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.168 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 132 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.332 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 73 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.425 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.945 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 95 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.669 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.742 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8Central Alaska · 1962 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 112 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.163 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 134 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.442 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 59 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.85 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.648 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.063 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 126 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.660 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.148 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.630 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.654 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.754 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 113 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.933 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.444 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.610 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.846 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 91 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 1957 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.765 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 123 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.059 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 73 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.749 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.659 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 76 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.530 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.734 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.949 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 113 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.523 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.857 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 73 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.553 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.059 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.642 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.546 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 99 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.631 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.821 km S of Petersville, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1Central Alaska · 1954 days ago · 115 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.568 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 90 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.662 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 104 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.031 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 84 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.15 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.631 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 89 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.566 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 116 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.831 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.260 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 126 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.765 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 116 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.577 km SW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 121 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.521 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.824 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.631 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 34 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.567 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.650 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 107 km deep · 8 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.376 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 119 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 1.631 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.759 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.652 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.758 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 131 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.748 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 113 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.618 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.052 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.651 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 80 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.764 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 123 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.671 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 105 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.649 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.140 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.038 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.846 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 1968 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.833 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.772 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 107 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.067 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
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