Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 3 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 3 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Mon, May 17, 2021, 6:44 PM AKDT (02:44 UTC), 40 km (25 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
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-18 02:44:44 UTC
Depth
40.3 km (25.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.356° N, 150.043° 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
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 95 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.36 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 1.66 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 1.616 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 2.47 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 2.426 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.98 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.621 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.517 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.113 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 34 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.411 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 3.14 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 22
  13. 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 2.32 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 1.711 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 1.716 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 1.515 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.724 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 1.50 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 32 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 1.613 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 1.517 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 1.96 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  26. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
  27. 2.04 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 23 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.530 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 36 km deep · 2 km away
  30. 1.538 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 1.621 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 1.66 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  33. 1.96 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  34. 1.621 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 44 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 1.99 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.714 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 1.620 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1945 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 2.023 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 2.04 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 36 km deep · 37 km away
  42. 1.812 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
  43. 1.517 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 2.28 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 3.328 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 11
  46. 2.54 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  47. 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 2.431 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 69 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 1.56 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 36 km deep · 32 km away
  50. 1.81 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
  51. 2.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.43 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
  53. 2.93 km ENE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 12
  54. 1.81 km WNW of Wasilla, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
  55. 2.720 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.114 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 1.510 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 36 km deep · 9 km away
  58. 1.521 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 1.519 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.618 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.719 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 2.53 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
  4. 1.812 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.79 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.022 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 31 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 1.75 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 36 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 1.528 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.816 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 2.411 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 3.315 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.820 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.523 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.514 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 1.912 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 1.63 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 1.918 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 1.98 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.952 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 73 km deep · 88 km away

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