Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 16 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 16 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska on Tue, Oct 19, 2021, 4:43 PM AKDT (00:43 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 8 km S of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-20 00:43:45 UTC
Depth
3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.884° N, 149.322° 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
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.38 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.911 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 1.734 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 2.020 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.730 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1781 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.742 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 64 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.742 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 64 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.613 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 2.417 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 38 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 1.870 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.515 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.08 km S of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 163 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.624 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.223 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 2.512 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 3.415 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 19
  18. 2.76 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
  19. 1.716 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1780 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  21. 1.823 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 1.516 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 2.03 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 1.932 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 50 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 2.417 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  26. 1.65 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 53 km deep · 51 km away
  27. 2.017 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 47 km deep · 43 km away
  28. 2.03 km ENE of Houston, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 52 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 1.713 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 1.569 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 1.532 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 1.517 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 2.115 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 3.126 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 12
  35. 2.238 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 1.824 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 1.82 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 1.533 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 1.84 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 1.516 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
  41. 1.819 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 1.570 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 1.646 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 1.52 km SW of Talkeetna, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 2.0Central Alaska · 1777 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  46. 1.557 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 50 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 2.03 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 2.22 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 1.725 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 1.57 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 1.55 km N of Knik, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
  52. 3.119 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.614 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 2.0Central Alaska · 1776 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 1.97 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 1.825 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 1.781 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 2.12 km NW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  59. 1.532 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  60. 1.652 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of 199.

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