Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 17 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska on Thu, Jul 1, 2021, 2:41 PM AKDT (22:41 UTC), 28 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 5 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-01 22:41:21 UTC
Depth
28.4 km (17.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.793° N, 149.076° 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
50

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 114 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.931 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 1.534 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.420 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.515 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  5. 1.732 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.61 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.64 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 1.67 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.931 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.715 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.613 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 1.84 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.622 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 1.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.55 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.16 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.837 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 1.510 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.57 km NW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.96 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 1.936 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 1.538 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 1.935 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 2.735 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 1.914 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 2.117 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 1.67 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 2.07 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 1.924 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 39 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 2.043 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 3.35 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 99
  32. 2.352 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 2.14 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 2.44 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.827 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 2.71 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.814 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
  38. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1891 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  39. 1.556 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 1.652 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 1.613 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  42. 1.516 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  43. 1.616 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  44. 2.520 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 39 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 2.08 km SSE of Wasilla, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 2.017 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 1.752 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 1.58 km W of Knik, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 1.68 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 1.747 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  51. 1.646 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 1.738 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  53. 1.940 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  54. 1.723 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  55. 1.530 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 49 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 2.125 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  57. 2.527 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 2.127 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
  59. 2.01 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
  60. 2.047 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of 114.

Before

  1. 1.618 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 55 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.219 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.87 km NW of Point MacKenzie, AK · 1916 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.66 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.46 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.558 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.64 km W of Eagle River, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.15 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 3.94 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 204 · tsunami flag
  10. 1.77 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 1.56 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.853 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.87 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.622 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.47 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.614 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.857 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.617 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.621 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away

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