Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 33 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 33 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska on Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 2:25 PM AKST (23:25 UTC), 16 km (10 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
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-17 23:25:39 UTC
Depth
15.7 km (9.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.532° N, 148.147° 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
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 169 in the 60 days after this one and 87 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.331 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.933 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 21 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.930 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 24 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 1.928 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 1.545 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.961 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.110 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.233 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.847 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 1.647 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.550 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.44 km NE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.67 km SW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 3.09 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 26
  17. 1.547 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.134 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 1.735 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.616 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 1.543 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 2.024 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 1.845 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 1.649 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 1.530 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 1.530 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 1.84 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.842 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 1.813 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 3.07 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
  31. 1.638 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 1.642 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 1.617 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.845 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 1.636 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 1.537 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  37. 2.61 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 1.52 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 3.525 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 39 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 10
  40. 3.22 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 70
  41. 1.622 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 1.632 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
  43. 1.649 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
  44. 1.559 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 1.648 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.44 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  47. 2.623 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 1.615 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 2.018 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
  50. 1.518 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 1.538 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  52. 1.626 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 1.67 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 1.68 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 1.53 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 1.745 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 1.811 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
  58. 3.617 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 54
  59. 1.825 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 1.729 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of 169.

Before

  1. 2.131 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 20 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.643 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.625 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.82 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.57 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.246 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.620 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2081 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.524 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.943 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.815 km S of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 1.746 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.821 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.749 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.226 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.749 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.816 km E of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 31 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 1.669 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.751 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 1.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021shzb2v. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:19 AM UTC.