Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 9 km SSW of Ester, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 9 km SSW of Ester, Alaska on Fri, Apr 16, 2021, 5:38 AM AKDT (13:38 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 17 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-16 13:38:43 UTC
Depth
11.3 km (7.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.768° N, 148.081° 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
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.53 km ESE of Minto, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 1.59 km NE of Minto, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.020 km SE of Livengood, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.062 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.332 km SE of Minto, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 1.555 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.511 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.64 km SW of Minto, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.6northern Alaska · 1972 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.511 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 1.935 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 2.62 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.560 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.01 km SE of Anderson, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 2.717 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.410 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.032 km E of Minto, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 2.015 km ENE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 1.74 km SE of Badger, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 1.611 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  21. 2.030 km S of Minto, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 1.741 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 1.5Central Alaska · 1949 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 1.512 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  25. 1.626 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 2.013 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 112 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 1.528 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 1.517 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
  29. 2.144 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 97 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 2.110 km SSE of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 1.6Central Alaska · 1940 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  32. 2.153 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 2.655 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 1.633 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 2.410 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away

Before

  1. 1.710 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 1.714 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.19 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.94 km SSE of Salcha, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 1.719 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 1.725 km SW of Minto, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.326 km SW of Minto, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.237 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 2.011 km NNE of Minto, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 1.914 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 114 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.88 km S of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0214vixnsj. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 9:57 AM UTC.