Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 19 km NW of Girdwood, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 19 km NW of Girdwood, Alaska on Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 2:12 AM AKST (11:12 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 5 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-02-22 11:12:56 UTC
Depth
19.4 km (12.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.067° N, 149.415° 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
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 179 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.916 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 2.819 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.72 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.61 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.816 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 1.615 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.54 km SW of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.61 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.626 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.028 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 1.96 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 54 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 2.37 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 5.35 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2,970 · tsunami flag
  14. 5.35 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 1.73 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 46 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 1.64 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 1.925 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.715 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.618 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 7
  20. 1.613 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 1.63 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 2.417 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 1.76 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 1.89 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 54 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 1.516 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 1.711 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 1.87 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 2.211 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.122 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 1.721 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 1.61 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 2.74 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 7
  33. 1.512 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 54 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 1.77 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 1.52 km ESE of Houston, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
  36. 2.821 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 144 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.42 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
  38. 1.612 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 1.53 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away
  40. 2.320 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 86 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 1.97 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 57 km deep · 60 km away
  42. 1.86 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
  43. 2.011 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 3.25 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 40 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 91
  45. 2.15 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
  46. 1.89 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 1.518 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 2.03 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 31 km deep · 23 km away
  49. 2.39 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 1.78 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 1.717 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 1.79 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
  53. 1.818 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 1.716 km W of Fishhook, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 1.629 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 1.96 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 40 km deep · 46 km away
  57. 2.712 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.625 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 1.711 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
  60. 1.68 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 36 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of 179.

Before

  1. 1.722 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 62 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 2.318 km N of Hope, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 38 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.65 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 1.76 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.720 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.914 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.1Southern Alaska · 2052 days ago · 56 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.522 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 55 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.010 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 1.62 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.919 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 42 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.71 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.848 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.110 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 1.722 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 61 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 1.612 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.830 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.82 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 1.931 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.022 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away

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