Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 4 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 4 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska on Sun, Jan 24, 2021, 7:38 AM AKST (16:38 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 5 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-24 16:38:24 UTC
Depth
8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.776° N, 148.385° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 155 in the 60 days after this one and 111 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.842 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 1.813 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 3.07 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
  4. 1.642 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.537 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.61 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.52 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 3.525 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 10
  9. 3.22 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 70
  10. 1.622 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.632 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 1.649 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.559 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 1.648 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.44 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 2.623 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 1.615 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.018 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.518 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 1.538 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 2.222 km SW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 1.67 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 1.68 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 1.53 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 1.745 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.811 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 1.73 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 3.617 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 54
  30. 1.825 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 1.729 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 1.534 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 2.233 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.69 km WSW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
  35. 1.730 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 34 km deep · 31 km away
  36. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 2.26 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 2.05 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 1.550 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
  40. 1.845 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 1.64 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 1.724 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 1.541 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 2.59 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 2.313 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 1.828 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
  47. 2.034 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 1.65 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
  49. 2.029 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 2.565 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
  51. 1.715 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  52. 1.543 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 1.65 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 1.73 km ENE of Houston, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 1.635 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 2.022 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 1.931 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  58. 1.82 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 1.528 km WNW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 1.857 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away

The first 60 of 155.

Before

  1. 1.614 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.530 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.571 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 2.024 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.543 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.87 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.918 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.616 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 1.67 km N of Susitna North, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.134 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 1.547 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 3.09 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 26
  13. 1.67 km SW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 2.44 km NE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.511 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.847 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.28 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.110 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02113yng1d. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:55 AM UTC.