Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 31 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 31 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska on Thu, May 20, 2021, 2:51 AM AKDT (10:51 UTC), 76 km (47 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-20 10:51:40 UTC
Depth
75.8 km (47.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
62.649° N, 151.280° 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
42

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 123 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.168 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 132 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.332 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 73 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 1.635 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 87 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.368 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 130 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.425 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 1.945 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 95 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 1.8Central Alaska · 1958 days ago · 70 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 2.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 112 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 1.861 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1958 days ago · 118 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.163 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 134 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 1.85 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 66 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 1.648 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.063 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 126 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.660 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 2.148 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.630 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 77 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 1.654 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.754 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 113 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 2.933 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 2.444 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 58 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.610 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 60 km deep · 35 km away
  23. 1.5Central Alaska · 1953 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 1.765 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 123 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 2.059 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 1.749 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  27. 1.659 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 76 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 1.530 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 1.734 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 1.949 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 113 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 1.857 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 1.553 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 2.059 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 1.642 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 1.546 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 99 km deep · 44 km away
  36. 1.631 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1950 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 1.821 km S of Petersville, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  39. 2.023 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 1.94 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 1.568 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 90 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 1.662 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 104 km deep · 59 km away
  43. 2.15 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 73 km deep · 26 km away
  44. 1.631 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 89 km deep · 2 km away
  45. 1.566 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 116 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 1.743 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 104 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 1.831 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  48. 2.260 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 126 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 1.765 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 116 km deep · 54 km away
  50. 2.720 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.577 km SW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 121 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 1.521 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 1.824 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 1.519 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 1.631 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 34 km deep · 21 km away
  57. 1.567 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 1.650 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 107 km deep · 38 km away
  59. 1.727 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 78 km deep · 47 km away
  60. 1.749 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.644 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 1.553 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.729 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 92 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.777 km E of Nikolai, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.621 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.658 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 95 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 2.426 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.376 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 119 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.631 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.759 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.758 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 131 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 1.618 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.052 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.651 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 80 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.764 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 123 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 1.671 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 105 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 1.649 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.528 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.821 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 88 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.140 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away

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