Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 12 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 12 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska on Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 10:15 AM AKDT (18:15 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.6 35 km W of Valdez, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-18 18:15:45 UTC
Depth
2.3 km (1.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.697° N, 148.341° 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
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 158 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.635 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.520 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.516 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 1.639 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.56 km S of Willow, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.519 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 3.49 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
  8. 1.519 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.610 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.033 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 2.038 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.239 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.741 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 1.653 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.82 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.635 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 1.614 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.52 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.53 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.647 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.04 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 1.826 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 2.58 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.7Southern Alaska · 1793 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.545 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 1.64 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 2.226 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.739 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 1.811 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 1.630 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 27 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 1.740 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.69 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 1.69 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 1.832 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 1.92 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 1.612 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 2.274 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
  38. 1.516 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 1.637 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 1.522 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 1.644 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 1.535 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 2.38 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.911 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 1.734 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
  46. 1.844 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1781 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away
  48. 1.613 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  49. 2.417 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 2.08 km S of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 163 km deep · 24 km away
  51. 1.624 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 2.223 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 2.76 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
  54. 1.74 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1780 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  56. 1.823 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
  57. 2.03 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 1.932 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 2.417 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 1.65 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 158.

Before

  1. 2.017 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 1.57 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.812 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.724 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 2.116 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.533 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 3.021 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  9. 1.56 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.114 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.134 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.536 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.137 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.545 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.26 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 1.623 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.530 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 2.815 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.42 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 48 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.872 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021ddk73tc. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 8:53 AM UTC.