Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 20 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 20 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska on Tue, Oct 19, 2021, 11:39 AM AKDT (19:39 UTC), 27 km (17 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
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-10-19 19:39:32 UTC
Depth
27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.153° N, 149.315° 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
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.516 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.516 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.56 km S of Willow, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.519 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.519 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.117 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 57 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.610 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.033 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.520 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.113 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 1.82 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.614 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 2.319 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 1.526 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.612 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 1.52 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 1.825 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.53 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 1.527 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 49 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.04 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 1.826 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.514 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 2.58 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 38 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.7Southern Alaska · 1801 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.57 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 41 km deep · 39 km away
  26. 2.622 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 1.64 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 48 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 2.012 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 2.226 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.810 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 1.86 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 61 km deep · 100 km away
  32. 2.843 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 1.524 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 1.75 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 1.510 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  36. 1.69 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
  37. 1.69 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 1.92 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 1.517 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 2.08 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 1.82 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 1.612 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 1.714 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 1.77 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 1.624 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
  46. 1.519 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 63 km deep · 95 km away
  47. 1.619 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 2.220 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  49. 2.612 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 9
  50. 1.53 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 1.522 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 1.817 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away
  53. 2.38 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.911 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  55. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 2.020 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 1.514 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1789 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
  59. 2.15 km ENE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.019 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of 194.

Before

  1. 1.516 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.511 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 2.223 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.512 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.57 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.87 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.521 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.65 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 41 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.812 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 1.724 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.725 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 2.116 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.37 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 4
  15. 2.223 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.721 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.626 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 3.021 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 3
  19. 1.522 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 59 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.56 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021df8h027. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:11 AM UTC.