Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 42 km NW of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 42 km NW of Beluga, Alaska on Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 4:16 PM AKST (01:16 UTC), 85 km (53 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 Southern Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-11-21 01:16:43 UTC
Depth
84.9 km (52.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
61.390° N, 151.684° 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
64

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.541 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 1.836 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 103 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.642 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 84 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.52 km SSE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.53 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.625 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 67 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 1.9Southern Alaska · 1748 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 1.544 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 108 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1747 days ago · 77 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 1.642 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 105 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.734 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 82 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.924 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 108 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 1.764 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 1.523 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.720 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.13 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 3.1Southern Alaska · 1747 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 6
  18. 1.75 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.527 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.065 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 111 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 1.976 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 132 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 1.639 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 84 km deep · 15 km away
  23. 1.647 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 70 km deep · 23 km away
  24. 1.767 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 112 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 1.543 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 90 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 2.224 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 68 km deep · 41 km away
  27. 1.535 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 79 km deep · 33 km away
  28. 1.726 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 1.538 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 86 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 1.535 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 103 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 2.48 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.619 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 2.614 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1743 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 2.333 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 58 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 1.828 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 62 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1742 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 1.618 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 1.634 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 71 km deep · 40 km away
  40. 1.68 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 1.514 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
  42. 1.658 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 132 km deep · 47 km away
  43. 1.824 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 1.579 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 133 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 1.928 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 65 km deep · 44 km away
  46. 2.612 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
  47. 1.927 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 71 km deep · 55 km away
  48. 1.86 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 1.519 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 2.511 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
  51. 1.863 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 114 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 84 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 15
  53. 2.065 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 1.941 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 1.529 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 76 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 1.57 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 3.140 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 123 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 3.126 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 63 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.829 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.931 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 76 km deep · 58 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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