Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 9 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 9 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska on Wed, Mar 10, 2021, 9:57 AM AKST (18:57 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 7 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-03-10 18:57:00 UTC
Depth
31.6 km (19.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.417° N, 149.907° 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
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 129 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.719 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 55 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.912 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 54 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.823 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.961 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.818 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 1.835 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.629 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 41 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 1.613 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.711 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.519 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 80 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.67 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.510 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.66 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.026 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.62 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 1.519 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 49 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 2.119 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 1.94 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.631 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 1.512 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.624 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 53 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 1.516 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 60 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 1.815 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 1.918 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 1.512 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 1.721 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 34 km deep · 13 km away
  28. 1.820 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 2.421 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 2.513 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 2.118 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2017 days ago · 69 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 1.613 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.923 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 51 km deep · 58 km away
  35. 1.714 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 1.622 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 1.67 km NNE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
  38. 2.043 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  39. 2.06 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 1.715 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 69 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 1.613 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 1.714 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
  43. 1.69 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 1.526 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 1.522 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 77 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 2.118 km NW of Hope, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 1.914 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 1.510 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 1.53 km WNW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 1.616 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 1.523 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 1.71 km SE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  53. 1.75 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  54. 1.526 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 1.824 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
  56. 1.910 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 2.515 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away
  58. 1.520 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 1.814 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 1.57 km NNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of 129.

Before

  1. 2.03 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.89 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.710 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 1.86 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.026 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.320 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 86 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.631 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.228 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 61 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 1.819 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.821 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 144 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.67 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 2.4Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.130 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.721 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 1.528 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 1.77 km ESE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.722 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 63 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.417 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 1.613 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.618 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 7

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02136f4vn3. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:08 PM UTC.