Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 3 km W of Hope, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 3 km W of Hope, Alaska on Sat, Oct 9, 2021, 9:30 PM AKDT (05:30 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 27 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-10 05:30:22 UTC
Depth
28.9 km (18.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.924° N, 149.712° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
6
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
109

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.019 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.511 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 66 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.821 km SSE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 48 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.42 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 2.01 km N of Funny River, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 52 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.26 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.531 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 57 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 1.714 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 1.57 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.615 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 2.114 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.635 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.56 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 1.56 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 1.56 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 1.522 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.626 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.223 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 2.37 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 4
  22. 2.116 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 1.725 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
  24. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 1.812 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.83 km ESE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.65 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.521 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 1.87 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.57 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 2.022 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.223 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 1.511 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 1.516 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 1.745 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 1.520 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away
  37. 1.516 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 1.56 km S of Willow, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 1.620 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 1.519 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 2.117 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 2.07 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 3.427 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 7
  44. 1.520 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 2.113 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 1.82 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 1.614 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 2.319 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 1.526 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 1.612 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away
  51. 1.52 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 40 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 1.527 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 1.53 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  54. 1.527 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 2.04 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 1.514 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  57. 2.58 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 38 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.7Southern Alaska · 1795 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.57 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 41 km deep · 6 km away
  60. 2.622 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of 195.

Before

  1. 2.74 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.27 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.35 km W of Houston, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.511 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 57 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.323 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.515 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.517 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 1.617 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.55 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.69 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 2.79 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 39 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 30
  12. 1.813 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.512 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 64 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.710 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 85 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.013 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 51 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.611 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.619 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.825 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 1.623 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.520 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021d048uw2 (also filed as us6000ftgf). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 4:49 PM UTC.