M1.5 earthquake 43 km NW of Beluga, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 43 km NW of Beluga, Alaska on Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 4:20 PM AKST (01:20 UTC), 91 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 5 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, 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
- 2021-01-22 01:20:00 UTC
- Depth
- 90.8 km (56.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.428° N, 151.625° 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
- 23
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 181 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.87 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.633 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 96 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.529 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.521 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 75 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.626 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 49 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.513 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 1.520 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.84 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.220 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 72 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.646 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 128 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.750 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 94 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.615 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.628 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 78 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.636 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 85 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 104 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.621 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.823 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 121 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.564 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 114 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.722 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.61 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.549 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 85 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.826 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.52 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.250 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 100 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.22 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 70
- 2.920 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 8
- 1.99 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.96 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 5
- 2.540 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 87 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.635 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 87 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.733 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 73 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 106 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.541 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.44 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 1.662 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 128 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.528 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.945 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 92 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.534 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.664 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 103 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 88 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 95 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.818 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.644 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.756 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 108 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.620 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.844 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 86 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.67 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.921 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 56 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.53 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.59 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 80 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.73 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.937 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 104 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.285 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 153 km deep · 91 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.628 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.520 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.534 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 65 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.929 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 86 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.927 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 78 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.519 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 66 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.09 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 26
- 1.933 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 86 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.625 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 74 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.745 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 80 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.826 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.724 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.536 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 78 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.536 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.68 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.928 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.28 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02110ejct2. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 10:38 PM UTC.