Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 6 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 6 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska on Sat, Jun 19, 2021, 9:27 AM AKDT (17:27 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.3 30 km WNW of Willow, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-06-19 17:27:50 UTC
Depth
32.9 km (20.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.469° N, 149.901° 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
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 106 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.530 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.834 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.57 km SSE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 1.741 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.714 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 1.525 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 1.518 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 1.635 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 1.95 km S of Houston, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 1.95 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 1.714 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.8Central Alaska · 1929 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.117 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.617 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 32 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 1.614 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.47 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.117 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.632 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 2.014 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 1.622 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 1.87 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 1.56 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 39 km deep · 0 km away
  24. 1.724 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 1.720 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
  27. 1.62 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  28. 1.716 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  29. 1.77 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
  30. 3.94 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 204 · tsunami flag
  31. 1.615 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 60 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 1.97 km S of Willow, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  33. 1.718 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 2.15 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 1.817 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 1.834 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 1.64 km W of Eagle River, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
  38. 2.46 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  39. 1.99 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 1.66 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
  41. 1.67 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
  42. 1.87 km NW of Point MacKenzie, AK · 1921 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
  43. 2.1Central Alaska · 1921 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 2.524 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 59 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 2.219 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 47 km deep · 25 km away
  46. 1.618 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 1.94 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 51 km deep · 23 km away
  48. 1.617 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  49. 1.936 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 91 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 2.321 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  51. 3.08 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
  52. 1.916 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 58 km deep · 57 km away
  53. 1.931 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 1.711 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  55. 1.722 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 1.87 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  57. 2.420 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 40 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.015 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
  59. 2.515 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 40 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  60. 1.841 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 195.

Before

  1. 1.631 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.77 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.611 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.113 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 41 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.713 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.416 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 1.714 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 56 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 1.62 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.38 km W of Willow, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 2.622 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.611 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.015 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.636 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.68 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 1.511 km E of Willow, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 1.716 km W of Willow, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 1.621 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 67 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.523 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 63 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1938 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0217tfn9fd. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:34 AM UTC.