Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 28 km W of Susitna, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 28 km W of Susitna, Alaska on Wed, Oct 3, 2018, 11:41 AM AKDT (19:41 UTC), 67 km (41 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M7.1 1 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-10-03 19:41:30 UTC
Depth
66.6 km (41.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.532° N, 151.052° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
53

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 202 in the 60 days after this one and 94 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.520 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.625 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 48 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 1.528 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 51 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 2.143 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 97 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.634 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 79 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 1.726 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 85 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.653 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 122 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.427 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 84 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.816 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 1.623 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 87 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 1.673 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.14 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 1.719 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 1.88 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.187 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.01 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.712 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 1.932 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.834 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.728 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 67 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 2.311 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 2.416 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 75 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 1.624 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 1.95 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 79 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 2.126 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 1.941 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 104 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 1.630 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 74 km deep · 16 km away
  28. 3.320 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 58 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 9
  29. 1.746 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 92 km deep · 55 km away
  30. 1.713 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 1.925 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 48 km deep · 30 km away
  32. 1.724 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 51 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 2.128 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 1.942 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 84 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 1.645 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 2.99 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  37. 1.761 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 119 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 1.668 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 111 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2912 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 1.825 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
  41. 2.38 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
  42. 1.71 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 2.148 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 93 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 1.627 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 65 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 2.858 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  46. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2911 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 1.94 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 77 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 1.59 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 2.628 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 52 km deep · 38 km away
  51. 1.712 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 1.623 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 1.629 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  54. 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 114 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 1.831 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 2.043 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 70 km deep · 17 km away
  57. 3.012 km SE of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 8
  58. 1.816 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 87 km deep · 69 km away
  59. 2.926 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 2.072 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 1.568 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.830 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 1.718 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.956 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 100 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 1.518 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 1.642 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 77 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.626 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 75 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.98 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.133 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 78 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 2.05 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.820 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 58 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 2.83 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 54 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 1.63 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.841 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 106 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.24 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.819 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 69 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 2.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 7
  19. 1.939 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 96 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.924 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 85 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018corvvi2 (also filed as ak20270334). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:47 AM UTC.