Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 25 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 25 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska on Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 9:32 PM AKDT (05:32 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 12 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-17 05:32:17 UTC
Depth
42.2 km (26.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.436° N, 150.270° 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
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 181 in the 60 days after this one and 83 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.627 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 48 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 1.513 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 45 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 1.512 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.930 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.619 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 1.77 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.542 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 1.80 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.57 km ESE of Sunrise, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.00 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.70 km NNE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.314 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 71 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.27 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.27 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.89 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.225 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 76 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.812 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.68 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 1.831 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.338 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 2.116 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 1.514 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 2.26 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 2.06 km E of Hope, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 1.77 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.529 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 31 km deep · 18 km away
  27. 1.721 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 1.520 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  29. 1.825 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.619 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 1.710 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 85 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 1.813 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 37 km deep · 12 km away
  33. 1.813 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 1.56 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 2.79 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 30
  36. 1.516 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 72 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 1.69 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 1.617 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 1.517 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 39 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 1.734 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 1.726 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 1.615 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 1.515 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 1.511 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 1.513 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 2.27 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 36 km deep · 53 km away
  48. 1.611 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 2.73 km W of Hope, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 6
  50. 2.019 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 41 km deep · 8 km away
  51. 1.511 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 1.821 km SSE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
  53. 1.615 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
  55. 2.01 km N of Funny River, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 52 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 1.531 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 57 km deep · 28 km away
  57. 1.629 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 1.67 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 1.714 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 1.57 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 181.

Before

  1. 1.529 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 37 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 1.819 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.425 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.520 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 44 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 1.716 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.224 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.910 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 1.814 km ESE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.719 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 117 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 3.114 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 6
  11. 2.24 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 54 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.538 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.94 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.95 km SSW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 39 · tsunami flag
  15. 1.534 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.615 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
  17. 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 2.52 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.010 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 57 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 1.99 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021by2wano. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:03 AM UTC.