Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 33 km ESE of Beaver, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 33 km ESE of Beaver, Alaska on Sat, Sep 25, 2021, 10:38 AM AKDT (18:38 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.0 27 km SW of Beaver, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-25 18:38:50 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
66.199° N, 146.755° 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
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.538 km E of Stevens Village, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.514 km NNE of Livengood, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.917 km WNW of Central, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.933 km SE of Beaver, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 1.625 km ENE of Livengood, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.9northern Alaska · 1796 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 3.027 km SW of Beaver, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.871 km ENE of Livengood, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.514 km NE of Stevens Village, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.847 km WSW of Venetie, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.537 km WSW of Venetie, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.529 km NNE of Beaver, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 2.44 km SSW of Venetie, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 1.847 km S of Beaver, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 2.420 km ESE of Beaver, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 1.653 km SSE of Beaver, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 1.854 km S of Birch Creek, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021cbiz2fn. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 5:08 AM UTC.