Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 22 km W of Ester, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 22 km W of Ester, Alaska on Wed, Jun 16, 2021, 7:08 AM AKDT (15:08 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 11 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-16 15:08:43 UTC
Depth
18.1 km (11.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.836° N, 148.487° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.612 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 1.831 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 1.915 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 3.251 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.613 km WNW of Livengood, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.428 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 2.126 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 1.526 km ENE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 1.930 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 1.59 km W of Two Rivers, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.56 km NNW of Moose Creek, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.6northern Alaska · 1897 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.815 km SE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.812 km E of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 1.520 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 4.811 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 380
  17. 1.79 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 1.78 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.613 km WNW of Two Rivers, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.814 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 1.729 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 1.815 km W of Salcha, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 1.6Central Alaska · 1880 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 1.51 km SW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 1.831 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  26. 2.416 km E of Livengood, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 2.113 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 113 km deep · 100 km away
  28. 1.829 km ENE of Livengood, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away

Before

  1. 1.510 km ESE of Livengood, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.637 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.410 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 1.633 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 2.655 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.153 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.6Central Alaska · 1940 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.144 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 97 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.517 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 1.528 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.013 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 112 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.626 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 1.512 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 1.5Central Alaska · 1949 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 1.741 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 2.030 km S of Minto, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0217ofq9o2. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 8:57 AM UTC.