Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 6 km W of Hope, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 6 km W of Hope, Alaska on Sat, Jan 9, 2021, 12:29 AM AKST (09:29 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 5 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-09 09:29:33 UTC
Depth
32.4 km (20.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.910° N, 149.760° 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
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 192 in the 60 days after this one and 105 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.521 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 2.314 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.53 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.24 km NNW of Lakes, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.56 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.65 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 39 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.88 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.826 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.414 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 36 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 2.318 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 59 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 1.85 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 1.915 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 1.88 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 1.816 km E of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.89 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.910 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 1.513 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.57 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 1.82 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 1.525 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.518 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 1.614 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 1.722 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 1.643 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.99 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2078 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
  29. 2.010 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  30. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2077 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.110 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 2.28 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  34. 2.323 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 1.68 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 44 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 1.724 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
  39. 1.826 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
  40. 1.625 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 74 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 1.67 km SW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 3.09 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 57 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 26
  43. 1.519 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 1.725 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 41 km deep · 20 km away
  45. 1.828 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 55 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 1.57 km NE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 1.87 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 1.811 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 2.626 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away
  50. 1.513 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  51. 1.520 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 59 km deep · 58 km away
  52. 1.84 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 44 km deep · 39 km away
  53. 1.813 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
  54. 3.07 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
  55. 1.615 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 1.628 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
  57. 1.617 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  58. 2.61 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
  59. 1.722 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 1.52 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 192.

Before

  1. 1.57 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.515 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.721 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.87 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.613 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.55 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.56 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.821 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.55 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
  10. 1.51 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.58 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 55 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.016 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.519 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.94 km WSW of Knik-Fairview, AK · 2091 days ago · 57 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.510 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 1.63 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 47 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 3.510 km NE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 9
  18. 2.015 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.97 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.319 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021f1db5w. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 2:47 AM UTC.