M1.5 earthquake 15 km W of Anchorage, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 15 km W of Anchorage, Alaska on Mon, Nov 8, 2021, 6:19 AM AKST (15:19 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 11 km NNE of Hope, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-08 15:19:18 UTC
- Depth
- 33.9 km (21.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.237° N, 150.193° 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
- 67
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 197 in the 60 days after this one and 144 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.08 km S of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 163 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.624 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.223 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.512 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 58 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.415 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 19
- 2.76 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 38 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 4
- 1.727 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 52 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.74 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.62 km NE of Funny River, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.716 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1783 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.051 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 103 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.516 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.03 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 31 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.417 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.03 km ENE of Houston, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.713 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.115 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.532 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.932 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 100 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.346 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.517 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.813 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.115 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.126 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 49 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 12
- 2.238 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.824 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.82 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.533 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 76 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.737 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.84 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.516 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.819 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 63 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.718 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.513 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.646 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 75 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.525 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.69 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.03 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.22 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.725 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 55 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.57 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 43 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.55 km N of Knik, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 36 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.119 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 1.614 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.825 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.532 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.06 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 38 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.79 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 39 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.511 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.134 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.515 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.419 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 1.648 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.528 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
The first 60 of 197.
Before
- 1.68 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.417 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.613 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.019 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 45 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.15 km ENE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1784 days ago · 37 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.514 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.620 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.730 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.020 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 61 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.822 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 87 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.911 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 41 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.38 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 1.817 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.522 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.53 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 47 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.612 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 42 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 9
- 2.220 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.511 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
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