Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 1 km NNW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 1 km NNW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska on Fri, Aug 13, 2021, 5:40 AM AKDT (13:40 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 3 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-13 13:40:45 UTC
Depth
27.9 km (17.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.267° N, 149.640° 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
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 90 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.726 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.832 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.616 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 2.626 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.815 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 62 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.328 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 69 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 2.128 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.97 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.86 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 31 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 2.042 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.517 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 73 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 1.521 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.621 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.74 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 1.624 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 1.618 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.614 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.1Southern Alaska · 1870 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.516 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.111 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 1.821 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 55 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 1.83 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 46 km deep · 25 km away
  23. 1.720 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 2.33 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 2.923 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.710 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 2.833 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 1.57 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
  29. 2.014 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 72 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 1.615 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 1.513 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 2.11 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 46 km deep · 33 km away
  33. 2.128 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 49 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 1.932 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 1.626 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  36. 1.94 km NNW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  37. 1.613 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away
  38. 1.53 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 55 km deep · 34 km away
  39. 1.515 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  40. 1.920 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 2.320 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 1.624 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
  43. 2.023 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  44. 2.610 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  45. 2.522 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 1.829 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 67 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 1.58 km E of Willow, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  48. 2.112 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 54 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 1.613 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 1.620 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
  51. 1.515 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
  52. 2.38 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 48 km deep · 51 km away
  53. 1.55 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 37 km deep · 34 km away
  54. 1.825 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 1.64 km S of Houston, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
  56. 1.828 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 1.511 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 55 km deep · 75 km away
  58. 1.530 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 2.29 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 1.715 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

  1. 1.912 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 2.310 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.810 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.628 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.330 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 401
  6. 1.93 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.25 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 44 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 1.527 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.87 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 34 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.923 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 44 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 1.614 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 1.521 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.67 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 1.611 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.929 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.519 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 53 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 3.730 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 76
  18. 1.614 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 1.516 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.83 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021acbwe2y. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:45 PM UTC.