Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 21 km NW of Willow, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 21 km NW of Willow, Alaska on Wed, May 19, 2021, 2:49 PM AKDT (22:49 UTC), 4 km (2 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
2021-05-19 22:49:33 UTC
Depth
3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.891° N, 150.318° 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
26

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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 121 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.729 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.517 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 34 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 2.031 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.113 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.255 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.332 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.635 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 87 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.550 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.840 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.544 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.945 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 95 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.8Central Alaska · 1953 days ago · 70 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 2.411 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.741 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.742 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 2.442 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.32 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1952 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 1.85 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 66 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 1.711 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
  25. 1.716 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 1.630 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 77 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 1.847 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 102 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 1.724 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  30. 1.50 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 2.933 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 1.610 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 1.613 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 1.96 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  35. 2.336 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 104 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 1.549 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away
  38. 2.04 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.139 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 93 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 1.530 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  41. 1.734 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away
  43. 1.538 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 56 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 1.621 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
  45. 1.66 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 1.96 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
  47. 1.621 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 1.99 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.714 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  50. 1.546 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 99 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1945 days ago · 83 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 1.821 km S of Petersville, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 2.023 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
  54. 1.94 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 95 km deep · 61 km away
  55. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 2.04 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away
  57. 2.1Southern Alaska · 1944 days ago · 102 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 1.812 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
  59. 1.517 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 2.28 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.426 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 58 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 2.47 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.649 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.616 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.750 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.945 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 1.648 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 3.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 6
  10. 1.66 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 31 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 2.36 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 1.73 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.618 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 1.719 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.812 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.022 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.75 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.528 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 55 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 1.821 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 88 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 1.713 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 93 km deep · 71 km away

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