Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 16 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 16 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Tue, May 18, 2021, 5:43 PM AKDT (01:43 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-19 01:43:27 UTC
Depth
40.1 km (24.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.332° N, 150.282° 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
10

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 103 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.47 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 2.426 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.98 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 1.621 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 1.517 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.113 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 34 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.411 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 3.14 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 22
  10. 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.32 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 1.711 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 37 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 2.415 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.716 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 1.515 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 1.847 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 102 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.724 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 1.50 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 1.613 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 1.517 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 1.96 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
  25. 2.336 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 104 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 2.04 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.139 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 93 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 1.530 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 36 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 1.538 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
  32. 1.66 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
  33. 1.96 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
  34. 1.621 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 44 km deep · 41 km away
  35. 1.99 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.714 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 1.620 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1947 days ago · 83 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 2.023 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 1.94 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 95 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 2.04 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
  43. 1.812 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 1.517 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 2.28 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  46. 3.328 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 11
  47. 2.54 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  48. 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 2.151 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 101 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 7
  50. 2.431 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 69 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 1.56 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 36 km deep · 42 km away
  52. 1.81 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 2.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.43 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 45 km deep · 26 km away
  55. 2.93 km ENE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 12
  56. 1.81 km WNW of Wasilla, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
  57. 2.720 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 80 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.114 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 1.510 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 36 km deep · 10 km away
  60. 1.846 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.66 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 2.36 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 1.73 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 1.618 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.719 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 2.53 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
  7. 1.812 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.79 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.82 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.022 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 1.75 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 36 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 1.528 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.816 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 59 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 2.411 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 3.315 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 1.820 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 1.523 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 52 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 1.514 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 1.912 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 1.63 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away

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