M1.5 earthquake 56 km NE of Kobuk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 56 km NE of Kobuk, Alaska on Tue, Feb 2, 2021, 12:29 PM AKST (21:29 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 24 km WNW of Ambler, 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-02 21:29:44 UTC
- Depth
- 13.3 km (8.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 67.329° N, 156.146° 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
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.585 km WNW of Alatna, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.755 km NNE of Kobuk, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.0115 km NNE of Ambler, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.711 km SE of Kobuk, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.688 km NE of Kobuk, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.024 km WNW of Ambler, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.641 km NE of Ambler, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.645 km NE of Ambler, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 2.253 km NNE of Kobuk, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.955 km NNE of Kobuk, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.253 km NNE of Kobuk, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.111 km WNW of Shungnak, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.756 km NNE of Kobuk, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.257 km NNE of Kobuk, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0211ixev6h. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC.