Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 68 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 68 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska on Fri, May 21, 2021, 1:10 AM AKDT (09:10 UTC), 130 km (81 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
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-05-21 09:10:59 UTC
Depth
129.6 km (80.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
62.401° N, 152.376° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 129 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.945 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 95 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 1.8Central Alaska · 1960 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1960 days ago · 118 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.5108 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.85 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 1.648 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.660 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.148 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.630 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 77 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.847 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 102 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.610 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.336 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 104 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 2.139 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 93 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.749 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.530 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.553 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 2.059 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.546 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 99 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1952 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.821 km S of Petersville, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 1.94 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 95 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 2.1Southern Alaska · 1951 days ago · 102 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 2.15 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 1.631 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 89 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 2.431 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 69 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 1.662 km WSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.743 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 104 km deep · 31 km away
  28. 2.720 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.577 km SW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 1.824 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 1.631 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 1.650 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 107 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 1.727 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 78 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 1.749 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 1.759 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 1.642 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 106 km deep · 30 km away
  37. 2.034 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 103 km deep · 34 km away
  38. 1.841 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 95 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 1.838 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 105 km deep · 85 km away
  40. 2.498 km S of Nikolai, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 1.527 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 79 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 1.626 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 102 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 1.657 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  44. 2.257 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 123 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 2.47 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 54 km deep · 77 km away
  46. 1.629 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 1.842 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 106 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1938 days ago · 62 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 1.549 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 1.523 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 1.621 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 67 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 1.946 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 92 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 1.631 km SSW of Petersville, AK · 1936 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 1.636 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 1.647 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 2.357 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 115 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 1.611 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
  58. 1.850 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 1.558 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
  60. 2.344 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 129.

Before

  1. 1.635 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 87 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.332 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 73 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.031 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 76 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.644 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.729 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 92 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 1.777 km E of Nikolai, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 2.426 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.649 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.528 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.821 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 88 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 1.713 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 93 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 2.846 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.741 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 103 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 1.643 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 2.0Central Alaska · 1969 days ago · 86 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.533 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 96 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.526 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 83 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.823 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 98 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 2.426 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 73 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.526 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away

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