Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 17 km NNE of Willow, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 17 km NNE of Willow, Alaska on Wed, May 19, 2021, 9:39 PM AKDT (05:39 UTC), 34 km (21 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
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-20 05:39:11 UTC
Depth
34.2 km (21.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.887° N, 149.889° 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
13

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 113 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.567 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.255 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.550 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.840 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.544 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.8Central Alaska · 1954 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 2.411 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.741 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.742 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.442 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 2.32 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.85 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.711 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.716 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.630 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 77 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 1.724 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  22. 1.50 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 2.933 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 2.444 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 58 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 1.610 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 1.613 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
  27. 1.96 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 1.549 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 32 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 2.04 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.530 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 1.734 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 1.621 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 1.66 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  36. 1.96 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
  37. 1.621 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 1.99 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  39. 1.714 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  40. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1946 days ago · 83 km deep · 74 km away
  41. 1.821 km S of Petersville, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 2.023 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
  43. 1.94 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 95 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 2.04 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 36 km deep · 26 km away
  46. 1.812 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
  47. 1.517 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
  48. 2.28 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  49. 3.328 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 39 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 11
  50. 2.54 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  51. 1.935 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away
  52. 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 2.15 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 2.431 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 1.56 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
  56. 2.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  57. 2.43 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
  58. 2.93 km ENE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 12
  59. 1.81 km WNW of Wasilla, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
  60. 2.720 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.621 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 2.426 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.47 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.649 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.616 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.750 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.062 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.945 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.648 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 3.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 6
  12. 1.66 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.36 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.73 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.618 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 1.719 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 1.812 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 31 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 2.022 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.75 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 1.528 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 55 km deep · 58 km away

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