Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 35 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 35 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska on Thu, May 6, 2021, 12:39 PM AKDT (20:39 UTC), 16 km (10 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
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-06 20:39:42 UTC
Depth
15.7 km (9.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.092° N, 148.797° 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
44

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 69 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.548 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.820 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  3. 1.616 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 1.666 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 56 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.49 km W of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.519 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.654 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 1.556 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.540 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.35 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.56 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.862 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.612 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.57 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.116 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 1.98 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 1.918 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 1.611 km SW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 1.63 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 1.514 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 2.259 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 2.572 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 1.812 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 31 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 1.618 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 1.66 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 3.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 6
  29. 1.648 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 1.945 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 2.062 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 1.750 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 1.759 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 1.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
  35. 1.649 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 2.47 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 1.621 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 1.517 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
  39. 1.567 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 2.255 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  41. 2.550 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  42. 2.840 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.544 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 2.411 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 1.741 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  46. 1.742 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  47. 2.442 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  48. 1.725 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 1.561 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 1.716 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
  51. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
  52. 1.667 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 55 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 1.724 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 1.50 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 2.933 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 2.535 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 2.444 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 1.613 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
  59. 1.96 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 1.549 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 3.030 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 2.321 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.031 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 29 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 1.83 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.842 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.567 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.915 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 1.560 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.13 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.335 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.98 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
  12. 1.5Central Alaska · 1973 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.95 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.560 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.328 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 1.673 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.69 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.625 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 40 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 1.53 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.79 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away

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