M1.5 earthquake 30 km SE of Knik River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 30 km SE of Knik River, Alaska on Sun, Aug 29, 2021, 11:36 PM AKDT (07:36 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 3 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-30 07:36:35 UTC
- Depth
- 22.9 km (14.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.299° N, 148.446° 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
- 69
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.250 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.715 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.015 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.81 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1848 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.048 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.542 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.74 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.547 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.56 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.97 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.849 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.031 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.350 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.750 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.552 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.15 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 12
- 1.520 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.99 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.026 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.756 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.519 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.313 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.950 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.531 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.527 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.647 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.622 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.212 km N of Houston, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.014 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
- 2.044 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.751 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.55 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.99 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.044 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.43 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 25
- 1.637 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.58 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.733 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.525 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.844 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.224 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.425 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.517 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.82 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.644 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.22 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.525 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.522 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.911 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.815 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.66 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.57 km ESE of Sunrise, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
The first 60 of 159.
Before
- 1.64 km S of Houston, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.043 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.38 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.58 km E of Willow, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.815 km WNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.522 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.610 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.553 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.56 km SW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.146 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.515 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.53 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.94 km NNW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.11 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.923 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1863 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
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