Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 5 km ENE of Cooper Landing, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 5 km ENE of Cooper Landing, Alaska on Sun, Nov 7, 2021, 8:55 PM AKST (05:55 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 11 km NNE of Hope, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-11-08 05:55:18 UTC
Depth
9.9 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.507° N, 149.731° 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

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Stations used
65

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 133 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.019 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.68 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 47 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.121 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.742 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.515 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.625 km WNW of Seward, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 1.624 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.727 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.74 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.62 km NE of Funny River, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 49 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.511 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.115 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 3.126 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 12
  14. 1.84 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.718 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 1.513 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.69 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.03 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.57 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.545 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 1.97 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 1.526 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 1.532 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 1.511 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 1.610 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 1.515 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 1.725 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 2.620 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 1.616 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 1.539 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
  31. 1.56 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 1.811 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 2.246 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 2.747 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.837 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 1.516 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 48 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 1.517 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 1.56 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
  39. 1.65 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 1.74 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 40 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 1.914 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 2.023 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
  44. 2.37 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 1.86 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  46. 2.112 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 2.318 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 36 km deep · 17 km away
  48. 1.645 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 40 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.67 km SE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 1.515 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.611 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 1.76 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 2.111 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 1.739 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  55. 1.627 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
  56. 1.912 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
  57. 1.65 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 1.725 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 1.712 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
  60. 1.525 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of 133.

Before

  1. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1786 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.821 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.821 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.514 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 2.020 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 1.612 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.817 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 49 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 1.53 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.612 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 9
  11. 2.220 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.619 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.519 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.77 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 1.714 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 1.82 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 1.614 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.08 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.510 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 1.75 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021ec2z9vf (also filed as us7000fsc1). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:53 AM UTC.