Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 21 km SSW of Hope, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 21 km SSW of Hope, Alaska on Tue, Mar 2, 2021, 10:15 AM AKST (19:15 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 Southern Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-03-02 19:15:46 UTC
Depth
32.9 km (20.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.735° N, 149.752° 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
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 166 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.61 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.130 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.4Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.67 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 61 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.512 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.52 km ESE of Houston, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.821 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 144 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.42 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.819 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.228 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.631 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.53 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.320 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.97 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.026 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.86 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 53 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 3.25 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 91
  18. 1.710 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.15 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 1.89 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 2.03 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 1.717 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 1.79 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 32 km deep · 36 km away
  24. 1.719 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 1.818 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 53 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 1.629 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 41 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 1.96 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 1.625 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 49 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 1.711 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 53 km deep · 72 km away
  30. 1.68 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 2.02 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 1.68 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 1.510 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
  34. 1.616 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 1.59 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 2.12 km NNE of Knik, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.66 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.026 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 56 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 1.62 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 1.519 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away
  41. 1.65 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 31 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 2.119 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
  43. 1.94 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 1.631 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  45. 2.03 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 1.815 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 1.918 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 1.512 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 1.721 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
  50. 2.513 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
  51. 1.73 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 1.63 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 2.118 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  54. 1.53 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2017 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 1.99 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 2.128 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 1.52 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 1.95 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.923 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 51 km deep · 34 km away

The first 60 of 166.

Before

  1. 2.122 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.528 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.211 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.87 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.77 km ESE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.722 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.89 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 54 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 2.417 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 1.63 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 1.613 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.618 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 7
  12. 1.715 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 1.925 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 1.64 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.73 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 5.35 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 5.35 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2,970 · tsunami flag
  18. 2.37 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 2.028 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.626 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0212t76pwg. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:40 AM UTC.