M1.7 earthquake 49 km NW of Beluga, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 49 km NW of Beluga, Alaska on Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 1:57 PM AKDT (21:57 UTC), 85 km (53 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 24 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-20 21:57:18 UTC
- Depth
- 85.2 km (52.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.475° N, 151.678° 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
- 74
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 144 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.560 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.534 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 76 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.620 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 68 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.519 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.117 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 57 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 92 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.610 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.913 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.534 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 115 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 119 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.432 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 72 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.628 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 1801 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.813 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 73 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.113 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 104 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 1.558 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 102 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.82 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.830 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.523 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.319 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.629 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 84 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.52 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.936 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 104 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.825 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.527 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 61 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.53 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.527 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 49 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 112 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.825 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.020 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.04 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 109 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.736 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 77 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.514 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.58 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.526 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 86 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1797 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.342 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 86 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.631 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.619 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 70 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.342 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 73 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.64 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 48 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.012 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 57 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.566 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 118 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.743 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 107 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.861 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 115 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.721 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 73 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.530 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 74 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.523 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.78 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.510 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.630 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.525 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.561 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.729 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 61 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.630 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 74 km deep · 18 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.56 km S of Willow, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.664 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 112 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.516 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 53 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.557 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.626 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.859 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 106 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.516 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 57 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.568 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.660 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.511 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.223 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 66 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.828 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.634 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.536 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 107 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.931 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 117 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.521 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 113 km deep · 62 km away
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