Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Sat, Aug 14, 2021, 8:13 AM AKDT (16:13 UTC), 76 km (47 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 67 km N of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-14 16:13:40 UTC
Depth
75.5 km (46.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
62.318° N, 151.149° 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
149

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 116 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.754 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 119 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.328 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 69 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.733 km SSW of Trapper Creek, AK · 1868 days ago · 62 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 1.97 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.227 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 89 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 1.546 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 94 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.56 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 81 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 1.861 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.537 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 108 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.624 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.741 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.547 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 112 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 125 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.720 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.169 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 115 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.640 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.33 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.544 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.542 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 109 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.772 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 107 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 1.637 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 1.752 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 121 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 2.746 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 119 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.123 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 66 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 2.052 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 108 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 1.538 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 119 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 1.727 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 78 km deep · 12 km away
  28. 1.827 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 1.752 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 114 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 1.562 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 105 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 1.513 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
  32. 1.518 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 73 km deep · 10 km away
  33. 2.872 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 114 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 1.765 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 118 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 1.865 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 1.557 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 1.9Central Alaska · 1859 days ago · 64 km deep · 37 km away
  38. 2.052 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 1.955 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 109 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 1.618 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 73 km deep · 10 km away
  41. 1.613 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 1.753 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  43. 1.942 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 105 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 1.920 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 2.359 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 127 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 2.320 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 2.071 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 119 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 1.650 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 108 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 1.611 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 1.936 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 92 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.751 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 78 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 1.840 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 106 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 2.610 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 1.829 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 67 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 1.58 km E of Willow, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 1.56 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 83 km deep · 32 km away
  57. 1.826 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 71 km deep · 13 km away
  58. 1.515 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 2.38 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 48 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 2.512 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 81 km deep · 30 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.541 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 105 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 1.613 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 69 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 2.626 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.832 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 60 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 1.831 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 115 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.539 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 110 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 3.432 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
  8. 1.650 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.034 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.310 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.68 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 82 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 4.330 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 401
  13. 1.527 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 2.360 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 126 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.734 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 83 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 1.754 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 110 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 2.046 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 3.348 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 78 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.561 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 122 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.929 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 62 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021ae128ny (also filed as us6000f67j). Read Fri, Sep 25, 2026, 4:27 PM UTC.