Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 25 km SE of Funny River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 25 km SE of Funny River, Alaska on Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 1:19 PM AKST (22:19 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 12 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-15 22:19:58 UTC
Depth
45.0 km (28.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.315° N, 150.495° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

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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 99 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.725 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.614 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 62 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 59 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 1.99 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.628 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 84 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.515 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.953 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 87 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.711 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 1.916 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.027 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.730 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 86 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.14 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 1.536 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 2.536 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 78 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.724 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.826 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 1.625 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.024 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.927 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.725 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 2.436 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 88 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 1.828 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 55 km deep · 16 km away
  23. 1.57 km NE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 57 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 2.018 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 1.722 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 1.933 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away
  27. 1.741 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 89 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 1.616 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 1.811 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 55 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 2.626 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 1.513 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  32. 1.512 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 77 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 1.520 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 2.82 km W of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 1.66 km SSE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 1.615 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 62 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 2.141 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 85 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 1.636 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 85 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 1.621 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 1.617 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 1.710 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 1.826 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 78 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 1.722 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 46 km deep · 26 km away
  44. 2.920 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 8
  45. 1.845 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 85 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 2.24 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 58 km deep · 46 km away
  49. 1.63 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 47 km deep · 27 km away
  50. 1.520 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 72 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 1.56 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 1.541 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 88 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 1.620 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 1.921 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 56 km deep · 50 km away
  55. 1.629 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  56. 1.714 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
  57. 1.543 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 1.715 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 66 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 1.713 km NW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
  60. 2.634 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 95 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

  1. 1.816 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 1.517 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 64 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 1.910 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.89 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 44 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 1.88 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 51 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 1.910 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 48 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.915 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.97 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.88 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.68 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.318 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 59 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 2.07 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 50 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 1.549 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.022 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 1.730 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 1.927 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.223 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 79 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.12 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.314 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.521 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021p69xt1. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 7:55 PM UTC.