Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 6 km NNE of Hope, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 6 km NNE of Hope, Alaska on Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 9:41 PM AKDT (05:41 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

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

Girdwood forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-14 05:41:27 UTC
Depth
33.4 km (20.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.975° N, 149.601° 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
57

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 85 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.56 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.56 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.522 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.626 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.223 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.37 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.116 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.725 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 44 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.812 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.83 km ESE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.65 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.521 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.87 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.57 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.223 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.511 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.516 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.520 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 1.516 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 53 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 1.56 km S of Willow, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 1.519 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.117 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 1.610 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 2.07 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 3.427 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 7
  27. 1.520 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 2.113 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 1.82 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 1.614 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  31. 2.319 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 1.526 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 1.612 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 46 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 1.52 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
  35. 1.537 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 1.527 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 1.53 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  38. 1.527 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 49 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 2.04 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 1.514 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 2.58 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 38 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.7Southern Alaska · 1796 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.57 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 41 km deep · 14 km away
  44. 2.622 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
  45. 1.64 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 2.012 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 57 km deep · 83 km away
  47. 1.612 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 1.78 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 1.810 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
  50. 1.86 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
  51. 2.843 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  52. 1.524 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
  53. 1.75 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 1.510 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  55. 1.69 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 55 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 1.69 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 55 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 1.92 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 1.517 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 2.08 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 1.82 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of 195.

Before

  1. 1.635 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.114 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 1.615 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.57 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 1.714 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.531 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 57 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.26 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.01 km N of Funny River, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 2.42 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 1.821 km SSE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 1.511 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.019 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.73 km W of Hope, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 6
  16. 2.74 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.27 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 2.35 km W of Houston, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 1.511 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 57 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 2.323 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021d6qgm64. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:50 AM UTC.