Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 22 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 22 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sat, Oct 23, 2021, 2:22 PM AKDT (22:22 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 58 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-23 22:22:26 UTC
Depth
63.6 km (39.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.816° N, 152.222° 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
35

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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.260 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 102 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 1.77 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 70 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 3.161 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 107 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 2.048 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 141 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.860 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 109 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.843 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 94 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 2.028 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 132 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.664 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 100 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 1.644 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.034 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 207 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 1.573 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 123 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 1.655 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 142 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.745 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 151 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.464 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 119 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 1.67 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 78 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 1.561 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 113 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.630 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 100 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 1.666 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 124 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 1.853 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 135 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.552 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 94 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 2.056 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 98 km deep · 34 km away
  22. 1.665 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 105 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 1.854 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 75 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 1.837 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 137 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 2.767 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 3.746 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 168 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.544 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 1.635 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 76 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 1.867 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 88 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 1.750 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 94 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 1.766 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 93 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 1.954 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 102 km deep · 53 km away
  33. 1.864 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 94 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 1.628 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 87 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 1.948 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 80 km deep · 27 km away
  36. 1.551 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 85 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 2.646 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
  38. 2.956 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 102 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 2.277 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 117 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 1.7Southern Alaska · 1797 days ago · 105 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 1.759 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 95 km deep · 38 km away
  42. 1.92 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 71 km deep · 41 km away
  43. 1.768 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 120 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 1.946 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 122 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 1.530 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
  46. 1.561 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 96 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 1.839 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 143 km deep · 75 km away
  48. 1.655 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 92 km deep · 33 km away
  49. 1.762 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 89 km deep · 41 km away
  50. 1.962 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 97 km deep · 43 km away
  51. 1.619 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 105 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 1.623 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 60 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 1.563 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 106 km deep · 52 km away
  56. 1.930 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 2.228 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 128 km deep · 85 km away
  58. 2.027 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 131 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 1.937 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 119 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 3.262 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 119 km deep · 46 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 1.760 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 92 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 1.950 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 152 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.911 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 1.762 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 103 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.149 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 111 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 1.725 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 75 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 1.837 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 77 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.260 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 91 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.865 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 113 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 1.745 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 88 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.743 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 94 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.745 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 95 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 1.614 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 76 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 1.738 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 75 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 1.869 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 122 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.359 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 95 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.826 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 85 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 1.731 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 88 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 1.861 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 97 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 1.866 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 99 km deep · 57 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021dlwb1d1. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:34 PM UTC.