Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 12 km ENE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 12 km ENE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska on Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 1:10 AM AKST (10:10 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 19 km SW of Salcha, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-15 10:10:11 UTC
Depth
10.3 km (6.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.693° N, 146.791° 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
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.120 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 2.320 km SSE of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.5Central Alaska · 2078 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.66 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.915 km NNE of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 1.530 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.030 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.02 km WNW of Badger, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.315 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.66 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.722 km ENE of Nenana, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.76 km WNW of Fox, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 2.919 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.511 km E of Fox, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 1.614 km S of Ester, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.912 km N of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
  17. 1.520 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 1.89 km SSE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 1.811 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away

Before

  1. 2.85 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 101
  2. 1.98 km NNE of Fort Greely, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021oz2php. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:45 AM UTC.