Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 55 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 55 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska on Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 5:16 PM AKDT (01:16 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.4 32 km W of Ferry, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-30 01:16:26 UTC
Depth
0.9 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.261° N, 147.872° 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
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.882 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.511 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.610 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.411 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 105 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.511 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.935 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 1.572 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 193 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.282 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.62 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.661 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.811 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.332 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.560 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 2.01 km SE of Anderson, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.717 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.817 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 101 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 2.410 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 2.015 km ENE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.74 km SE of Badger, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.066 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 1.611 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 3.09 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 103 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.872 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 2.030 km S of Minto, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 1.741 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 2.161 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 1.936 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 1.833 km WNW of Ferry, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 1.518 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 111 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 1.5Central Alaska · 1951 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 2.081 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 1.76 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 103 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 1.512 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 1.762 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 1.626 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  36. 2.013 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 112 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 1.617 km SE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 1.528 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 1.517 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 2.144 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 97 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 2.110 km SSE of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 1.6Central Alaska · 1942 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  43. 2.153 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  44. 1.514 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 2.655 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  46. 1.633 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
  47. 1.724 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 101 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 2.410 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 1.722 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 1.612 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 4.432 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 80
  52. 2.526 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 1.830 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 1.529 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 1.831 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 1.61 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 92 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 2.113 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 2.369 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 1.915 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  60. 3.251 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 62.

Before

  1. 2.718 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 111 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.886 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.045 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.332 km SE of Minto, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.675 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.681 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.062 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 1.99 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 105 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.59 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.710 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.880 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.96 km N of Healy, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 106 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.525 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 119 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.714 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 1.56 km WNW of Healy, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.5Central Alaska · 1993 days ago · 102 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.19 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.94 km SSE of Salcha, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.563 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.682 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0215ih6k96. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:05 PM UTC.