Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 6 km NE of Houston, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 6 km NE of Houston, Alaska on Sat, Feb 27, 2021, 6:27 AM AKST (15:27 UTC), 54 km (34 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
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-02-27 15:27:32 UTC
Depth
54.3 km (33.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.672° N, 149.740° 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
62

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 116 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.37 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 5.35 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2,970 · tsunami flag
  3. 5.35 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 1.73 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.64 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 44 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 1.715 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.730 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.618 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 7
  9. 1.925 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.541 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.63 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.028 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 47 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 1.638 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 1.76 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 40 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 1.50 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 89 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.728 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.123 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 63 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 1.89 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 54 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 1.516 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 1.711 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 57 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 1.87 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 43 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 2.211 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.122 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 1.61 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
  25. 2.74 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 54 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 7
  26. 1.834 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 2.421 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 1.512 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 54 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 1.77 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
  30. 1.52 km ESE of Houston, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 37 km deep · 6 km away
  31. 2.821 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 144 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.42 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
  33. 1.521 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
  34. 1.624 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 1.612 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 40 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 2.311 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 1.53 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 1.97 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 57 km deep · 13 km away
  39. 1.86 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
  40. 2.011 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
  41. 3.25 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 40 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 91
  42. 1.665 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 2.437 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  44. 2.15 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 37 km deep · 39 km away
  45. 1.518 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 34 km deep · 28 km away
  46. 2.05 km SE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 1.543 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 79 km deep · 90 km away
  48. 2.03 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 2.39 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 39 km deep · 4 km away
  50. 2.623 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 3.326 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.78 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 41 km deep · 5 km away
  53. 1.523 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 1.717 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 2.929 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 1.931 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
  57. 1.7Central Alaska · 2032 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 1.846 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 1.632 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
  60. 1.951 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.78 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.028 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.54 km SW of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 1.615 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.516 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.429 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.522 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.530 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.828 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.729 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.634 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 57 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.519 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.72 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 47 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 2.819 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 39 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.619 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 1.916 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 51 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 1.515 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.831 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.619 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.618 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away

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