Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 22 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 22 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska on Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 3:06 AM AKST (12:06 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 12 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-22 12:06:56 UTC
Depth
11.7 km (7.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.910° N, 149.685° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.933 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.811 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.710 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.722 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.63 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.726 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.629 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 1.714 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 1.713 km NW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 2.426 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.519 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.015 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.638 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.828 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 32 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.614 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.531 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 1.69 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.710 km ENE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.518 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 3.612 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 56 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 14
  21. 1.916 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 1.54 km WSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 1.917 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 1.816 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 2.087 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 1.914 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 1.612 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 1.614 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 2.816 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 1.80 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 2.521 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 1.61 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.626 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 1.931 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 1.925 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 2.417 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  37. 2.184 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 1.722 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 1.77 km ESE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.528 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  41. 1.721 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 2.130 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 2.4Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
  44. 1.819 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
  45. 2.228 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away
  46. 2.631 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 2.026 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  48. 1.710 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 1.79 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 1.719 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 1.912 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
  52. 1.823 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 1.961 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 1.835 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 1.629 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 1.613 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 1.67 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 2.119 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 1.631 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  60. 1.512 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 2.018 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.57 km NE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.828 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 1.725 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.323 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.711 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 68 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 1.614 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.525 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.517 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.89 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.910 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.915 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.68 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.318 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.07 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.811 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 1.719 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.016 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.914 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02110l08ro. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:50 PM UTC.