Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 29 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 29 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska on Wed, May 19, 2021, 7:35 PM AKDT (03:35 UTC), 92 km (57 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.0 16 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-05-20 03:35:06 UTC
Depth
92.4 km (57.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
62.203° N, 151.738° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 176 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.031 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.332 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 1.635 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 87 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.368 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 130 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.945 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 95 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.8Central Alaska · 1961 days ago · 70 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1960 days ago · 118 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 1.85 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.660 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.630 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 77 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 1.847 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 102 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 1.724 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.610 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.336 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 104 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 2.139 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 93 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 1.530 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.949 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 113 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.538 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.553 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 1.546 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 99 km deep · 18 km away
  21. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1952 days ago · 83 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 1.821 km S of Petersville, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 2.023 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 1.94 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 95 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 2.1Southern Alaska · 1952 days ago · 102 km deep · 46 km away
  26. 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 2.15 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 73 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 1.631 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 89 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 2.431 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 69 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 1.743 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 104 km deep · 23 km away
  31. 2.43 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 2.720 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 80 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.521 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 1.824 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 1.519 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 1.631 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 1.817 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 1.650 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 107 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 2.238 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 1.727 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 78 km deep · 14 km away
  41. 2.449 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 1.759 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 1.642 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 106 km deep · 22 km away
  44. 2.034 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 103 km deep · 8 km away
  45. 1.841 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 95 km deep · 18 km away
  46. 1.838 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 1.643 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 92 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 1.528 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 1.826 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
  50. 3.413 km N of Susitna North, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 10
  51. 1.527 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 79 km deep · 27 km away
  52. 1.626 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 102 km deep · 29 km away
  53. 2.029 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 1.741 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 82 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 1.657 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  56. 2.257 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 123 km deep · 96 km away
  57. 1.634 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 1.723 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
  59. 2.47 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 54 km deep · 53 km away
  60. 1.629 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 65 km deep · 37 km away

The first 60 of 176.

Before

  1. 1.621 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 2.426 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.36 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.618 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.528 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 55 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 1.821 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 88 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 1.713 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 93 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 1.816 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.523 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 1.741 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 103 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 1.643 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 1.514 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.0Central Alaska · 1969 days ago · 86 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 1.533 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 96 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 2.526 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 83 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 1.918 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.98 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 1.823 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 98 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 1.952 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.426 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away

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