Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 2:00 PM AKST (23:00 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 11 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-17 23:00:58 UTC
Depth
8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.630° N, 147.681° 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
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.66 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.520 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.621 km ENE of Minto, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.822 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.915 km NNE of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.530 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.030 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 2.02 km WNW of Badger, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.315 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.119 km ENE of Minto, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.525 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 101 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.66 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.118 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 1.523 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.722 km ENE of Nenana, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 1.916 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.215 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.76 km WNW of Fox, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 1.514 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 112 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.19 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 2.38 km SE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 3.711 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 19
  23. 1.612 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 3.09 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.712 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.510 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 1.612 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 3.010 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 2.919 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.719 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 1.511 km E of Fox, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 1.614 km S of Ester, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  33. 1.819 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 2.912 km N of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
  35. 1.520 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  36. 2.516 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  37. 1.517 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 1.720 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 1.89 km SSE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 2.821 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.628 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 1.614 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 1.811 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
  44. 2.022 km WNW of Anderson, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 2.111 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  46. 2.525 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 2.7Central Alaska · 2020 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away

Before

  1. 2.320 km SSE of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.120 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.512 km ENE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.717 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.961 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.85 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 101
  7. 1.730 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.535 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 1.622 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021shtzsm. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 8:30 PM UTC.