Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 32 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 32 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska on Wed, Jun 9, 2021, 8:31 AM AKDT (16:31 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.3 25 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-09 16:31:06 UTC
Depth
69.9 km (43.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.275° N, 151.628° 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
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 102 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.626 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 102 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.620 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 71 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.029 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 1.943 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 85 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 2.05 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.06 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.741 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 82 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 2.05 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.224 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.77 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.530 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.118 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.920 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 1.634 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 74 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 1.723 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1929 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.650 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 83 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 1.765 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 124 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.523 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.823 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 74 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 1.621 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 67 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 1.946 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 92 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 1.716 km W of Willow, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 1.636 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 2.920 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 64 km deep · 34 km away
  26. 2.015 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 2.357 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 115 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 1.611 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 2.38 km W of Willow, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 1.62 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  31. 1.714 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 1.628 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 96 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 1.957 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  35. 1.994 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 1.712 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  37. 1.611 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 69 km deep · 35 km away
  38. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 86 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 1.77 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 1.631 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
  41. 1.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 1.530 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 62 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 1.535 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 98 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 1.850 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 101 km deep · 27 km away
  45. 1.741 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 72 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 1.525 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 1.95 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 115 km deep · 41 km away
  50. 1.89 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
  51. 1.617 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 2.920 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 102 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 1.839 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 112 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 1.614 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 2.47 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.566 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 120 km deep · 37 km away
  57. 1.622 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  58. 1.87 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
  59. 1.811 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 1.56 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 39 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 1.977 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 120 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.5Southern Alaska · 1933 days ago · 64 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 1.526 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 77 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.611 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.384 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 151 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.826 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 1.84 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.624 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.54 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 60 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 86 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 2.449 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 72 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 2.238 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 1.817 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 51 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 1.862 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 101 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.567 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 1.846 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 92 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 1.510 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0217cvp4d6. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:14 PM UTC.