Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 8 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 8 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska on Wed, May 12, 2021, 2:47 AM AKDT (10:47 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M6.1 73 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-05-12 10:47:23 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.187° N, 149.996° 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
27

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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 126 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.918 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 29 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 1.850 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 105 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.63 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.526 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 83 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.533 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 96 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.0Central Alaska · 1969 days ago · 86 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 1.514 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.643 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.523 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.411 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.816 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.713 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 93 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.821 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 88 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.572 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.528 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 55 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 1.75 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.812 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 1.651 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 2.052 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.618 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
  21. 1.73 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.36 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 1.66 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 3.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 6
  25. 1.648 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 1.945 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 2.062 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 1.750 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 1.652 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 1.759 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 1.616 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
  33. 1.649 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 2.47 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 2.426 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 1.621 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  37. 1.729 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 1.517 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away
  39. 1.567 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
  40. 1.553 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 2.031 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 2.255 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  43. 2.332 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 1.635 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 2.550 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  46. 2.840 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.544 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  48. 1.945 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 95 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 1.8Central Alaska · 1961 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 2.411 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 1.741 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
  53. 1.742 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 2.442 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 1.85 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 66 km deep · 58 km away
  57. 1.716 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 32 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 1.630 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 77 km deep · 60 km away
  60. 1.654 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.823 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 98 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.116 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 2.426 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.526 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.70 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.57 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.612 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.034 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.67 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 78 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.525 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.914 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 2.56 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.628 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 63 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.35 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.666 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 96 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.540 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.750 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 82 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.053 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away

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