Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 24 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 24 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska on Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 5:02 AM AKDT (13:02 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.6 17 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-28 13:02:55 UTC
Depth
74.0 km (46.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
61.204° N, 151.527° 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
113

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 145 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 81 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.69 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.555 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 107 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.857 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 98 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.627 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.25 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.720 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 76 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.95 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.737 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 73 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 1.833 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.123 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 2.13 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.646 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 115 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.558 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 105 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 1.820 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 79 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.114 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.168 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 111 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.410 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.83 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.625 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.718 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 2.74 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 51 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 2.35 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  24. 1.718 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 1.629 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 78 km deep · 34 km away
  26. 1.633 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 102 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 2.013 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 53 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 1.623 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 2.128 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 63 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 1.720 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 1.634 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 89 km deep · 58 km away
  32. 1.539 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 77 km deep · 29 km away
  33. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 1.664 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 128 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 1.649 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 102 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 2.35 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 1.628 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 63 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 1.961 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 108 km deep · 36 km away
  39. 2.56 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.525 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 1.523 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 79 km deep · 42 km away
  42. 1.652 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 89 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 1.583 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 152 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 1.725 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 84 km deep · 37 km away
  45. 1.631 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 83 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 1.57 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
  47. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 1.70 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 1.526 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 64 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 53 km deep · 28 km away
  51. 1.952 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 73 km deep · 37 km away
  52. 1.823 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 98 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 51 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 1.63 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 1.912 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 1.759 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 104 km deep · 81 km away
  57. 1.514 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 1.523 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
  59. 3.315 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 56 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 1.661 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 109 km deep · 40 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.813 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 1.72 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 4.8Southern Alaska · 1979 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1,122 · tsunami flag
  5. 1.577 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 127 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.519 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.53 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.559 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 106 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 2.021 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.824 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.729 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.727 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 74 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 1.520 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 1.965 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 113 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 2.143 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.738 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 105 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.536 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 87 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 1.920 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 48 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 1.544 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 83 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 1.640 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 79 km deep · 24 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0215fd64st. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:37 AM UTC.