Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska on Sat, Nov 6, 2021, 11:02 PM AKDT (07:02 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 11 km NNE of Hope, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-11-07 07:02:28 UTC
Depth
8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.744° N, 150.494° 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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 138 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.020 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.620 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 1.514 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 1.821 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.821 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1788 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.15 km ENE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.019 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 45 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 1.68 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.121 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.515 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.625 km WNW of Seward, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 1.624 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.512 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.548 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.76 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
  17. 1.727 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.74 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.62 km NE of Funny River, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 49 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 2.051 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 103 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 2.03 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 1.511 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 68 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 1.65 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 2.115 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
  25. 2.346 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 90 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 1.813 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 2.024 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 80 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 3.126 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 12
  29. 1.824 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 1.737 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 80 km deep · 77 km away
  31. 1.84 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 1.819 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 63 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 1.718 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 63 km deep · 25 km away
  34. 1.513 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 1.525 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 78 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 1.69 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 45 km deep · 32 km away
  37. 2.03 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 1.57 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 1.545 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 1.55 km N of Knik, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 1.97 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  42. 2.06 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 1.79 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 1.511 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  45. 2.134 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 1.65 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
  47. 1.610 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 1.515 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 41 km deep · 8 km away
  49. 2.620 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 1.528 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
  51. 1.722 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 79 km deep · 75 km away
  52. 1.616 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  53. 1.539 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 1.56 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  55. 2.018 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 1.811 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
  57. 1.641 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 1.516 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 48 km deep · 16 km away
  59. 1.730 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 1.613 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.911 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.612 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.38 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.817 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 49 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 1.53 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 47 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.612 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 9
  7. 2.220 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 39 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 1.511 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 1.815 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 87 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.911 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.619 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.519 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 63 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 1.837 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 85 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.624 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.623 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.1Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 93 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 1.77 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.747 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 87 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.714 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 1.82 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021eagbgec. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:43 AM UTC.