Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 18 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 18 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska on Mon, May 17, 2021, 6:07 PM AKDT (02:07 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.0 16 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-18 02:07:41 UTC
Depth
14.2 km (8.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.169° N, 150.394° 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
19

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 133 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.73 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.36 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.66 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 3.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
  5. 1.648 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 1.945 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.062 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.750 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.759 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.616 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.649 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.47 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.426 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 58 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 1.658 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 95 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.621 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 1.729 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 92 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.517 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 1.567 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.553 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 72 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 2.031 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 2.255 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 2.332 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 1.635 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 87 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 2.550 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.840 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.544 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 1.945 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 95 km deep · 73 km away
  29. 1.8Central Alaska · 1954 days ago · 70 km deep · 36 km away
  30. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 2.411 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
  32. 1.741 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 1.742 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 2.442 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1954 days ago · 118 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 1.85 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 66 km deep · 46 km away
  38. 1.716 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 1.630 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 77 km deep · 40 km away
  41. 1.847 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 102 km deep · 98 km away
  42. 1.724 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  43. 1.754 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 113 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 1.50 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 2.933 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 2.444 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 1.610 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 60 km deep · 36 km away
  48. 1.613 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 1.96 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 2.336 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 104 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 1.549 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 2.04 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.139 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 93 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 2.059 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 73 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 1.659 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 1.530 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  58. 1.734 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 1.949 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 113 km deep · 88 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.052 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.651 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.812 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.75 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.528 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 55 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 1.821 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 88 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.713 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 93 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.816 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 59 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.411 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.523 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 52 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.741 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 103 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.643 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 1.514 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 2.0Central Alaska · 1963 days ago · 86 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 1.533 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 96 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.526 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 83 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 1.63 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 1.850 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 105 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.918 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 1.98 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216c9echr. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 2:33 AM UTC.