M2.2 earthquake 15 km S of Tanacross, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 15 km S of Tanacross, Alaska on Mon, May 17, 2021, 12:04 AM AKDT (08:04 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 30 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-17 08:04:11 UTC
- Depth
- 1.6 km (1.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.248° N, 143.366° 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
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.635 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.721 km ENE of Nabesna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.430 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.529 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.723 km ENE of Paxson, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.932 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.829 km N of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.621 km N of Nabesna, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
Before
- 2.619 km SE of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.9Central Alaska · 1976 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.837 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.638 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216apew9b. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 8:42 PM UTC.