Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 8 km NNE of Houston, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 8 km NNE of Houston, Alaska on Sun, May 2, 2021, 12:00 PM AKDT (20:00 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 4 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-02 20:00:43 UTC
Depth
28.9 km (18.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.705° N, 149.783° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
81

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 112 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.833 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.335 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 2.123 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.716 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 110 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.13 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.915 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 2.114 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 40 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.624 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 83 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.410 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.83 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 2.625 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.031 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.718 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.74 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 51 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 2.35 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 3.030 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.035 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.548 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.73 km WNW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.820 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 40 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
  21. 1.616 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 1.623 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 2.128 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 1.720 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 1.519 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  26. 1.654 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 1.540 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 2.35 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  30. 1.628 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 63 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 2.56 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.525 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 1.612 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
  34. 1.57 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
  35. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
  36. 1.70 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 1.526 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 2.116 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 1.98 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  40. 1.918 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 1.63 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 1.912 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 1.514 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 43 km deep · 29 km away
  44. 1.523 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 2.411 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
  46. 1.816 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 59 km deep · 48 km away
  47. 1.528 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 55 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 1.75 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
  49. 2.022 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 1.812 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away
  51. 2.53 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  52. 1.719 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  53. 1.618 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 1.73 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
  55. 2.36 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  56. 1.66 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
  57. 3.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 6
  58. 1.648 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  59. 1.945 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 1.750 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 1.95 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 2.328 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 1.932 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.515 km NE of Hope, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.25 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.69 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 1.813 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.72 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 50 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 38 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 4.8Southern Alaska · 1982 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1,122 · tsunami flag
  11. 1.625 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 1.53 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 42 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 2.140 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.79 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 2.021 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.824 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.844 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.729 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.727 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.842 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0215m3h3qe (also filed as us7000dzjm). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:51 AM UTC.