Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 33 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 33 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska on Sun, May 2, 2021, 6:06 PM AKDT (02:06 UTC), 49 km (31 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.4 13 km N of Susitna North, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-03 02:06:57 UTC
Depth
49.4 km (30.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.708° N, 151.034° 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
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 126 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.123 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.716 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.632 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 87 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.13 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.610 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.546 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 115 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.646 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 115 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.915 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.558 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 105 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 2.114 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.542 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 104 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.624 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 83 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 2.410 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.83 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.625 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 60 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.718 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.543 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 104 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.74 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 51 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 2.35 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.543 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 1.934 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 74 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 1.718 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 2.820 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  24. 1.629 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 1.633 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 102 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 2.128 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 63 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 1.720 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 63 km deep · 38 km away
  28. 1.519 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 1.634 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 89 km deep · 36 km away
  30. 1.539 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 77 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 2.35 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 1.628 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 63 km deep · 25 km away
  34. 1.961 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 108 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 2.56 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.914 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 1.525 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 70 km deep · 13 km away
  38. 1.67 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 1.567 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 2.034 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 1.612 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 1.725 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 1.631 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 83 km deep · 39 km away
  44. 1.57 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 1.70 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 1.526 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 64 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 2.116 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 1.952 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 73 km deep · 38 km away
  51. 1.823 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 98 km deep · 40 km away
  52. 1.98 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  53. 1.918 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 1.63 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  55. 2.526 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 1.533 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 96 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 2.0Central Alaska · 1962 days ago · 86 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 1.912 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 1.514 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away
  60. 1.741 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 103 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.98 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  2. 1.737 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 73 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 1.95 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.731 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 92 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.25 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.033 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 83 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.69 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.124 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.813 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 1.662 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 111 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.72 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 4.8Southern Alaska · 1978 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1,122 · tsunami flag
  14. 1.625 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.53 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 1.559 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 106 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.79 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 2.021 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 61 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 1.824 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 64 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 1.729 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 56 km deep · 16 km away

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