Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 23 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 23 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Sun, May 2, 2021, 8:26 PM AKDT (04:26 UTC), 41 km (26 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.9 4 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-03 04:26:39 UTC
Depth
41.4 km (25.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.340° N, 150.408° 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
34

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 121 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.13 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.915 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.558 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 105 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.114 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.410 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 1.83 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 2.625 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.718 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 2.74 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 51 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.35 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 1.73 km WNW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.820 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  13. 1.629 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 2.013 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.623 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 36 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.128 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.720 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 63 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.519 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 1.634 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 89 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.539 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 2.35 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  23. 1.628 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 63 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 1.961 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 108 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 2.56 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.525 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 1.523 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 79 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 1.612 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 1.725 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 84 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 1.631 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 83 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 1.57 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
  32. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  33. 1.70 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 42 km deep · 24 km away
  34. 1.526 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
  35. 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 2.116 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 1.952 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 1.823 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 98 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 1.98 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 1.918 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 51 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 1.63 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  43. 1.912 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
  44. 1.514 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
  45. 1.523 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 52 km deep · 46 km away
  46. 1.820 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 3.315 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
  48. 2.411 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
  49. 1.816 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away
  50. 1.713 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 93 km deep · 100 km away
  51. 1.528 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 1.75 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away
  53. 2.022 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
  54. 1.82 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 2.79 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  56. 1.812 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
  57. 2.53 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
  58. 1.719 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  59. 1.618 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 1.73 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 40 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.833 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 49 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.98 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  3. 1.737 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.95 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.328 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.515 km NE of Hope, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.25 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.69 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 38 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 81 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.124 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 1.813 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 1.72 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 50 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 4.8Southern Alaska · 1981 days ago · 44 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1,122 · tsunami flag
  15. 1.625 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.53 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 1.79 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 2.021 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.824 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 1.729 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away

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