Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 10 km NW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 10 km NW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska on Fri, Aug 6, 2021, 10:03 AM AKDT (18:03 UTC), 41 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 30 km WNW of Willow, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-06 18:03:28 UTC
Depth
41.3 km (25.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.321° N, 149.787° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
96

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 100 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.527 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.812 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.98 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 1.83 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.516 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.614 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 3.730 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 76
  8. 1.519 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 53 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 1.929 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 1.611 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.67 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 41 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 1.521 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.614 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.923 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 44 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 1.87 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 34 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.527 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.25 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 44 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 1.93 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 4.330 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 60 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 401
  20. 1.628 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 1.810 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 2.310 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 63 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 1.912 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 40 km deep · 23 km away
  24. 1.81 km NNW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 1.726 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 1.832 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 1.616 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 2.626 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 75 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.613 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 1.815 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 62 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.328 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 1.733 km SSW of Trapper Creek, AK · 1873 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 2.128 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 1.97 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 1.86 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
  36. 1.517 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 1.521 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 1.621 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 1.74 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 1.624 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 1.618 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 1.614 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 2.1Southern Alaska · 1870 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 1.516 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 2.111 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  46. 1.821 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
  47. 2.617 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 1.83 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 46 km deep · 15 km away
  49. 1.720 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 2.33 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  51. 2.923 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.710 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 2.833 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 78 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 2.123 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 1.57 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 2.014 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
  57. 1.513 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 2.11 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 46 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 2.128 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 49 km deep · 48 km away
  60. 1.932 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 71 km deep · 88 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 2.521 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.636 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.524 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.01 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.127 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.624 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.824 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.82 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 2.125 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.530 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 49 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.621 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 1.723 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.86 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 2.828 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.635 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 1.933 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 79 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 3.221 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.322 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.614 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 53 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 1.811 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 56 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021a0tw5v4 (also filed as us6000f2yg). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:17 PM UTC.