Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 5 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 5 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska on Sat, Oct 16, 2021, 8:16 AM AKDT (16:16 UTC), 41 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 27 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-16 16:16:36 UTC
Depth
41.0 km (25.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.171° N, 149.938° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
55

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 118 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.521 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.87 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.828 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.57 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.223 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.511 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 1.516 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.520 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 1.516 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 1.516 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 1.56 km S of Willow, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.519 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.749 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.534 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.620 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.519 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.117 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 1.610 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.432 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.07 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 3.427 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 7
  22. 1.628 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 1.520 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 2.113 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 39 km deep · 36 km away
  25. 1.82 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 1.830 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 1.614 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  28. 2.319 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 46 km deep · 21 km away
  29. 1.612 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 46 km deep · 14 km away
  30. 1.52 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 40 km deep · 38 km away
  31. 1.825 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 1.527 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 61 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 1.53 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  34. 1.527 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 49 km deep · 43 km away
  35. 1.825 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 2.020 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 2.04 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
  38. 1.736 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 1.826 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 1.514 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 2.58 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 38 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.7Southern Alaska · 1795 days ago · 42 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.57 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 41 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 2.622 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 1.619 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 70 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 2.342 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 1.64 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 48 km deep · 43 km away
  48. 2.012 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 1.530 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 1.78 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 1.525 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 1.810 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 1.729 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 1.86 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
  55. 1.524 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 1.75 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 38 km deep · 20 km away
  57. 1.630 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 1.510 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
  59. 1.69 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 55 km deep · 48 km away
  60. 1.69 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 55 km deep · 48 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

  1. 1.83 km ESE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.812 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 37 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 1.725 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 44 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.116 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.37 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.223 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 43 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 1.721 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.626 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 69 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 3.021 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  11. 1.522 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 1.56 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 40 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 1.56 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 1.530 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.56 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 2.114 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.530 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 1.615 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 1.57 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021da7xqll. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 4:43 AM UTC.