M2.1 earthquake 28 km SW of Hope, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 28 km SW of Hope, Alaska on Sat, Aug 14, 2021, 9:13 PM AKDT (05:13 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 22 km W of Nikiski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-15 05:13:43 UTC
- Depth
- 40.3 km (25.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.749° N, 150.032° 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
- 62
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 185 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.86 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.517 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.521 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.621 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.925 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.74 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.422 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.614 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.618 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.614 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.111 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.821 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.617 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 64 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.83 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.433 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.33 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.923 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 1.710 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.014 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 43 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.11 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.128 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 49 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.626 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.543 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.94 km NNW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.520 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 54 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.524 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.53 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.515 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.415 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
- 1.624 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.023 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.522 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.713 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 70 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.112 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.613 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.715 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.226 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.620 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.515 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 64 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.825 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.012 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 52 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.64 km S of Houston, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.828 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.511 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 55 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.29 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.715 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.79 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.621 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.77 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.916 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 67 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.612 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 51 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.812 km SE of Beluga, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 62 km deep · 59 km away
The first 60 of 185.
Before
- 1.815 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.513 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.616 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.81 km NNW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 40 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.310 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 63 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.810 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 63 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.93 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
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