Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 58 km S of Shungnak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 58 km S of Shungnak, Alaska on Tue, May 18, 2021, 12:29 PM AKDT (20:29 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.9 65 km SSW of Shungnak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-05-18 20:29:19 UTC
Depth
0.9 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
66.364° N, 157.264° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.758 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.758 km NNW of Huslia, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 1.755 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 1.762 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 1.816 km NNE of Huslia, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.462 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 2.965 km SSW of Shungnak, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.563 km SSW of Shungnak, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 2.569 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 1.761 km SSW of Shungnak, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 1.763 km SSW of Shungnak, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.3northern Alaska · 1920 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 2.862 km SSW of Shungnak, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 2.267 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 1.765 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 1.566 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 1.558 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 1.562 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 2.364 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 1.669 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  21. 2.014 km NW of Shungnak, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 1.658 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 1.563 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  24. 1.916 km NW of Shungnak, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 1.565 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  26. 1.863 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 1.862 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  28. 1.763 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away

Before

  1. 1.777 km WNW of Huslia, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 1.571 km NNW of Huslia, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 2.562 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 1.562 km WNW of Huslia, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 1.864 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 1.964 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 1.948 km SSW of Shungnak, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 1.746 km SSW of Shungnak, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 1.848 km SSW of Shungnak, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 1.548 km SSW of Shungnak, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 1.749 km SSW of Shungnak, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 1.948 km SSW of Shungnak, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 2.049 km S of Shungnak, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away

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