M1.5 earthquake 45 km SSW of Tanana, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 45 km SSW of Tanana, Alaska on Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 6:32 PM AKDT (02:32 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 31 km SE of Tanana, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-01 02:32:51 UTC
- Depth
- 12.6 km (7.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 64.791° N, 152.406° 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
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.665 km ENE of Ruby, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.866 km ENE of Ruby, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.970 km NNW of Lake Minchumina, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.231 km SE of Tanana, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.289 km SW of Tanana, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.552 km NNW of Lake Minchumina, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.520 km W of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.230 km W of Tanana, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 1.645 km SSW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.318 km WNW of Tanana, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 1.945 km SSW of Tanana, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.745 km SSW of Tanana, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.343 km SSW of Tanana, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 4.340 km SSW of Tanana, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 6
- 1.533 km SSE of Tanana, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.364 km WNW of Tanana, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.753 km SSW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.866 km NW of Lake Minchumina, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0215k5etve. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:22 AM UTC.