M1.6 earthquake 38 km N of Rampart, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 38 km N of Rampart, Alaska on Tue, May 11, 2021, 2:44 AM AKDT (10:44 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 49 km NW of Rampart, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-11 10:44:01 UTC
- Depth
- 3.2 km (2.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 65.849° N, 150.044° 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
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.032 km E of Minto, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.649 km NW of Rampart, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.557 km NW of Rampart, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.855 km NW of Rampart, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.869 km ESE of New Allakaket, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.346 km NE of Livengood, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.939 km NW of Stevens Village, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Rampart, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Livengood, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.550 km W of Beaver, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Livengood, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.551 km NW of Rampart, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.113 km NNW of Stevens Village, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 1.6northern Alaska · 1973 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.64 km SW of Minto, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.858 km NW of Rampart, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.020 km SE of Livengood, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.59 km NE of Minto, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.53 km ESE of Minto, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.012 km ESE of Rampart, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02160tm8cs. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC.