Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 23 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 23 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska on Fri, May 7, 2021, 2:55 AM AKDT (10:55 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.3 25 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-07 10:55:03 UTC
Depth
36.1 km (22.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.852° N, 150.278° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 98 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.59 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 3.47 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  3. 1.826 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.913 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.539 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.35 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.628 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.56 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.523 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 79 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 1.725 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 84 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 1.57 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.70 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 53 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 51 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 1.63 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.912 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 1.514 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.523 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 1.820 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 3.315 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 2.411 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 1.816 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 2.111 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 1.75 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 2.022 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 31 km deep · 50 km away
  28. 1.82 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 2.79 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 2.53 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
  31. 1.719 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 1.73 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 2.36 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 3.617 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 14
  35. 1.66 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 31 km deep · 100 km away
  36. 1.616 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 2.47 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 1.98 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  39. 2.113 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 34 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 1.65 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 3.14 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 22
  43. 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
  44. 2.32 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 40 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
  45. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  46. 1.718 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 3.216 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  48. 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  49. 1.711 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
  50. 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 2.415 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
  52. 1.515 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 41 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 1.510 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 1.50 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
  55. 1.520 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  56. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 1.517 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 32 km deep · 21 km away
  58. 1.96 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 32 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 2.329 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 194.

Before

  1. 2.013 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 53 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.629 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 78 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.73 km WNW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.35 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.74 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.718 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.625 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.83 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.410 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 2.114 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.820 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 79 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.13 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.123 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 2.98 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  15. 1.737 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.95 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 1.720 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 1.932 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.515 km NE of Hope, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 2.25 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1

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