Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 7 km SW of Hope, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 7 km SW of Hope, Alaska on Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 3:01 AM AKDT (11:01 UTC), 41 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.6 9 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-27 11:01:12 UTC
Depth
41.1 km (25.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.877° N, 149.761° 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
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.510 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 1.69 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.69 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.92 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.517 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.08 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.82 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.612 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.714 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 1.77 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 1.624 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 45 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.519 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 1.619 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 1.815 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 87 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.511 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 2.220 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 2.612 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 9
  18. 1.53 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 1.817 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 49 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 2.38 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.911 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 2.020 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 61 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 1.620 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 1.514 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1781 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 2.15 km ENE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.019 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 45 km deep · 31 km away
  29. 1.613 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.68 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 2.121 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 1.515 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 1.625 km WNW of Seward, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 1.624 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 2.512 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 3.415 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 19
  37. 2.76 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
  38. 1.727 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 1.74 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  40. 1.62 km NE of Funny River, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 1.716 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1780 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 1.516 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 2.03 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 1.511 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 1.65 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 2.03 km ENE of Houston, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 1.713 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  49. 2.115 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 1.813 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 2.115 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 3.126 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 12
  53. 1.824 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
  54. 1.82 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  55. 1.84 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  56. 1.516 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  57. 1.819 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 1.718 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 1.513 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  60. 1.69 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 196.

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