M1.5 earthquake 28 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 28 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska on Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 7:15 AM AKST (16:15 UTC), 44 km (27 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
- 2021-01-30 16:15:45 UTC
- Depth
- 43.6 km (27.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.259° N, 150.607° 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
- 56
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 164 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.63 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.945 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 92 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.534 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.664 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 103 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.615 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.018 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 88 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 95 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.818 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 51 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.644 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.756 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 108 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.620 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.222 km SW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.844 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 86 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.67 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.921 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.53 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.811 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.59 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.73 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.941 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 109 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.717 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 40 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.617 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 56 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.26 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.221 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.426 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.367 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 110 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.05 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.935 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 87 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 86 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.331 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 98 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.635 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.537 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 98 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.225 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.64 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 57 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 34 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.626 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.724 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.031 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.764 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 119 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.015 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.741 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 104 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 98 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.120 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.714 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.59 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.720 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 83 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.529 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 82 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.824 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.313 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.520 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.638 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.662 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.44 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 1.733 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.635 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 87 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.540 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 87 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.96 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 40 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 5
- 1.99 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.920 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 8
- 3.22 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 70
- 2.250 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 100 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.52 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 44 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.826 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.549 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 85 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.61 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.722 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.564 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 114 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 121 km deep · 70 km away
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