Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake Southern Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Tue, May 18, 2021, 10:11 PM AKDT (06:11 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.0 35 km SE of Chenega, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-05-19 06:11:00 UTC
Depth
15.1 km (9.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.022° N, 147.970° 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
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.730 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 1.955 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.737 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.526 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.725 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.956 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.560 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.849 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.639 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 1.622 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.58 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 1.922 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.640 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 1.857 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 3.035 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.050 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.952 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 1.534 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.732 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 1.613 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 2.05 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  23. 1.622 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 1.837 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 2.255 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 2.651 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.360 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 1.539 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.152 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.228 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.848 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 1.826 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.639 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.041 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 1.837 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.641 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 1.634 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 1.652 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 4.143 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 96 · tsunami flag
  15. 1.916 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.734 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away

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