Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 2 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 2 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska on Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 11:46 AM AKST (20:46 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.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-28 20:46:50 UTC
Depth
43.5 km (27.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.544° N, 149.965° 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
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 160 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.525 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 10
  2. 3.22 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 49 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 70
  3. 2.920 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 8
  4. 1.99 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.96 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 40 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 5
  6. 2.540 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 87 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.622 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 1.632 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.733 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.44 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 1.528 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 44 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 1.945 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 92 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 1.534 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 1.511 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.56 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.615 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.018 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 1.518 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 1.818 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 51 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 1.644 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 1.620 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 2.222 km SW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 1.844 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 86 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 1.67 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
  26. 1.68 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 41 km deep · 15 km away
  27. 1.54 km W of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 1.53 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 40 km deep · 17 km away
  29. 1.811 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 40 km deep · 28 km away
  30. 1.59 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 80 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 1.73 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
  32. 3.617 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 54
  33. 1.613 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 75 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 1.744 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 86 km deep · 100 km away
  35. 1.717 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 40 km deep · 7 km away
  37. 1.617 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 56 km deep · 40 km away
  38. 2.26 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 46 km deep · 8 km away
  39. 2.221 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 74 km deep · 85 km away
  40. 2.426 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 2.05 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 45 km deep · 8 km away
  42. 1.550 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 1.635 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 70 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 1.537 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 98 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 2.225 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 74 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 1.64 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 57 km deep · 16 km away
  47. 1.85 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
  48. 1.724 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  49. 2.031 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 1.722 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 81 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 3.120 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
  52. 2.59 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 32 km deep · 11 km away
  53. 2.720 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 83 km deep · 88 km away
  54. 1.824 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 1.526 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 71 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 2.313 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 46 km deep · 35 km away
  57. 1.520 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 69 km deep · 70 km away
  58. 1.513 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
  59. 1.65 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 40 km deep · 7 km away
  60. 1.624 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

  1. 1.549 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.61 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 45 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 1.722 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 1.537 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.823 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 1.617 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 1.642 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.628 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 1.750 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 94 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.712 km SSE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 3.07 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4
  12. 1.813 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 2.220 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 72 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.84 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 44 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 1.520 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.84 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.614 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.530 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.513 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.626 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 49 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0211an8cpy. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:41 AM UTC.