Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 25 km SW of Hope, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 25 km SW of Hope, Alaska on Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 7:13 PM AKST (04:13 UTC), 41 km (25 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
2021-01-21 04:13:09 UTC
Depth
40.7 km (25.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.784° N, 150.015° 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
44

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 193 in the 60 days after this one and 114 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.828 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.57 km NE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.018 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.722 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.933 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.87 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 1.811 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.626 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 1.513 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.512 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.520 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 59 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 1.84 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.813 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.615 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 62 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 1.628 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.621 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.617 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 2.61 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.826 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 78 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 1.722 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 1.52 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 3.22 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 70
  23. 2.920 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 8
  24. 1.99 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.96 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 5
  26. 2.44 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  27. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 58 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 1.528 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 44 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 1.63 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 1.56 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  32. 1.615 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  33. 1.620 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 1.68 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
  35. 1.921 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 56 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 1.53 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 1.629 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 1.613 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 75 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 1.713 km NW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 1.717 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away
  41. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 1.617 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 2.26 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 2.221 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 2.426 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away
  46. 2.05 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 1.519 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 1.64 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 1.85 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 1.626 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 2.015 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 1.638 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
  53. 1.714 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 1.828 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 1.614 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 1.531 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 2.59 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 1.824 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 46 km deep · 32 km away
  59. 2.65 km WSW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 1.69 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away

The first 60 of 193.

Before

  1. 1.927 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.024 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 78 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.519 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 3.09 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 26
  5. 1.625 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.826 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 1.724 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.68 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.323 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.28 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  13. 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.027 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.010 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2078 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 1.99 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.722 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 76 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.614 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021ysqtst. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 7:59 PM UTC.