Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 3 km WNW of Sunrise, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 3 km WNW of Sunrise, Alaska on Thu, May 6, 2021, 4:14 PM AKDT (00:14 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.9 4 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-07 00:14:18 UTC
Depth
33.8 km (21.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.902° N, 149.482° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 150 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.623 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 1.826 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.35 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.56 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.57 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.70 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.63 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.912 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.514 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.820 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 3.315 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.411 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.75 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 36 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.022 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.82 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 2.79 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.812 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.53 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 4
  22. 1.719 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 1.73 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 2.36 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 1.66 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 1.616 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 2.47 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 1.98 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  29. 2.113 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  31. 2.411 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 3.14 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 22
  33. 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 2.32 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 1.718 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 2.737 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 1.711 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 2.415 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
  41. 1.515 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 2.526 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 2.740 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  44. 1.50 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 1.520 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
  47. 1.517 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 32 km deep · 24 km away
  48. 1.96 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 1.725 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 2.04 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
  53. 1.66 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 1.96 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  55. 1.621 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 1.99 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.620 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
  58. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
  59. 2.04 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 1.812 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 150.

Before

  1. 2.35 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.74 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.958 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.718 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.83 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.410 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 40 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 2.465 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.114 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 40 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.639 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.041 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.915 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.13 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.123 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 2.98 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  15. 1.95 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.932 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.515 km NE of Hope, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 2.25 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.634 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 1.69 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0215u1c46s. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:42 AM UTC.