Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 5 km S of Houston, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 5 km S of Houston, Alaska on Mon, Jun 21, 2021, 3:40 AM AKDT (11:40 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.3 30 km WNW of Willow, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-21 11:40:38 UTC
Depth
28.9 km (18.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.584° N, 149.821° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
31

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 108 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.95 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 1.714 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.8Central Alaska · 1926 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.117 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.617 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.614 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.47 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.117 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.632 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.014 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.622 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 1.87 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.56 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 39 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 1.724 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.842 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 1.62 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 1.716 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.77 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 3.94 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 204 · tsunami flag
  21. 1.615 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 60 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 1.97 km S of Willow, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  23. 1.718 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 2.15 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 40 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 1.817 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 1.64 km W of Eagle River, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
  27. 2.451 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 1.528 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 2.46 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  30. 1.99 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 53 km deep · 34 km away
  31. 1.66 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
  32. 1.67 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
  33. 1.87 km NW of Point MacKenzie, AK · 1918 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
  34. 2.1Central Alaska · 1917 days ago · 87 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 2.524 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 59 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 2.219 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 47 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 1.94 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 51 km deep · 9 km away
  38. 1.617 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 1.936 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 91 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 2.321 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 56 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  41. 3.08 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 1.916 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 1.931 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 1.711 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 1.722 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 56 km deep · 56 km away
  46. 1.87 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 2.346 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 2.420 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.015 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
  50. 2.515 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  51. 1.841 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 77 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 1.84 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  53. 1.627 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 1.61 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  55. 2.042 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 1.932 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 1.64 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 39 km deep · 23 km away
  58. 1.821 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 2.34 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 52 km deep · 36 km away
  60. 1.67 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

  1. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 1.635 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.518 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 1.525 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.714 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 1.741 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.57 km SSE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 1.751 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.834 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 1.530 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 1.631 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 1.77 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 2.113 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 1.713 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 2.416 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 1.714 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 1.62 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.38 km W of Willow, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0217wn847x. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:53 PM UTC.