Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 13 km ENE of Willow, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 13 km ENE of Willow, Alaska on Wed, May 26, 2021, 5:10 AM AKDT (13:10 UTC), 33 km (20 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
2021-05-26 13:10:42 UTC
Depth
32.6 km (20.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.795° N, 149.802° 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
22

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 110 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.96 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 1.549 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 2.04 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.530 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.734 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 36 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.621 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.66 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.96 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 1.621 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.99 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.714 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 1.620 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1946 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.821 km S of Petersville, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.023 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 1.94 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 95 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 2.04 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 1.812 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  22. 1.517 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  23. 2.28 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 3.328 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 11
  25. 2.54 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  26. 1.935 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 62 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 2.15 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 2.431 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 69 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 1.56 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away
  31. 2.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.43 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
  33. 2.93 km ENE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 12
  34. 1.81 km WNW of Wasilla, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
  35. 2.720 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.510 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 1.521 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  38. 1.824 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 1.519 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 1.817 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 51 km deep · 62 km away
  41. 2.731 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 2.238 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
  43. 1.727 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 2.539 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 1.88 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 65 km deep · 28 km away
  46. 1.826 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 37 km deep · 27 km away
  47. 1.84 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  48. 1.567 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 1.528 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  50. 1.826 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 3.413 km N of Susitna North, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 52 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 10
  52. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 32 km deep · 47 km away
  53. 1.611 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 2.120 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
  55. 1.527 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 2.5Southern Alaska · 1935 days ago · 64 km deep · 81 km away
  57. 2.912 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 5
  58. 2.029 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  59. 2.05 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  60. 2.06 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.610 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.50 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 1.724 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 1.630 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.716 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 1.711 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 1.85 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.32 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.442 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.742 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.741 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 3.14 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 22
  17. 2.411 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 1.8Central Alaska · 1954 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.544 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away

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