Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 21 km W of Beaver, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 21 km W of Beaver, Alaska on Fri, Jul 16, 2021, 2:14 PM AKDT (22:14 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 24 km N of Beaver, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-16 22:14:19 UTC
Depth
1.5 km (0.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
66.379° N, 147.884° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6northern Alaska · 1899 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.614 km SE of Venetie, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.814 km NE of Stevens Village, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 2.346 km NNW of Beaver, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.245 km NNW of Beaver, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 2.049 km NW of Stevens Village, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.824 km N of Beaver, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 1.611 km N of Stevens Village, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.416 km E of Livengood, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.829 km ENE of Livengood, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.653 km SSE of Beaver, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 2.420 km ESE of Beaver, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away

Before

  1. 2.021 km NE of Beaver, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.113 km NNW of Stevens Village, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 1.613 km WNW of Livengood, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.550 km W of Beaver, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0219261y5k. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:14 AM UTC.