Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Thu, Jun 3, 2021, 7:43 PM AKDT (03:43 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.2 51 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-04 03:43:28 UTC
Depth
3.3 km (2.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.959° N, 148.897° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.153 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.655 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.633 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 2.410 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.637 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.510 km ESE of Livengood, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.722 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 1.612 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 1.831 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 1.915 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 3.251 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.613 km WNW of Livengood, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 2.428 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 2.126 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 1.526 km ENE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 1.930 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 1.59 km W of Two Rivers, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 1.56 km NNW of Moose Creek, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.6northern Alaska · 1899 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.557 km S of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 1.815 km SE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 1.520 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 1.79 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 1.613 km WNW of Two Rivers, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 1.814 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 1.729 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 1.815 km W of Salcha, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 1.517 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.528 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 1.626 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.512 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 1.5Central Alaska · 1951 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.741 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 2.030 km S of Minto, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 1.611 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 1.74 km SE of Badger, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.032 km E of Minto, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 2.410 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 2.717 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 2.01 km SE of Anderson, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.62 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 1.935 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.511 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02174ecdaz. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:39 PM UTC.