M1.5 earthquake 30 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 30 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska on Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 8:21 PM AKDT (04:21 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 43 km SE of Whittier, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-29 04:21:46 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.959° N, 148.521° 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
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.557 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1Gulf of Alaska · 1826 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.179 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.617 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.865 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.629 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.550 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.821 km SSE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.656 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.558 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.525 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.635 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.542 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.654 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.955 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.745 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.739 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.526 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.537 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.051 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.051 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.257 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.59 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.612 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.056 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.854 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.744 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.810 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.843 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.750 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.641 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.619 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.541 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.539 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.15 km ENE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.742 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Seward, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.747 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.545 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.526 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.169 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.911 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.725 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.942 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.859 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.133 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.855 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1778 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.246 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.747 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.837 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.558 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.511 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.512 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.749 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 1.531 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.038 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.529 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.425 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.224 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.064 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.537 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.756 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.518 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.048 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.621 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
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