Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 69 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 69 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska on Sun, Mar 21, 2021, 4:25 PM AKDT (00:25 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 41 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-03-22 00:25:44 UTC
Depth
1.5 km (0.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.496° N, 149.912° 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
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.622 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.043 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 1.613 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 55 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.526 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.932 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.526 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 56 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.824 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.910 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 1.520 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.814 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.54 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.937 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 1.644 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 2.029 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.613 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.741 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.023 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.745 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 1.619 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 55 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.615 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 1.613 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 2.243 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 1.75 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 1.521 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 1.99 km SSE of Seldovia, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  27. 1.712 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 2.360 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 1.730 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 2.421 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.721 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.64 km ESE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.516 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 53 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.624 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.512 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 1.631 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 2.382 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.67 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.724 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.613 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 1.835 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 36 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 1.961 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 24 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 1.823 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.912 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 54 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 2.026 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.631 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.228 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.063 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away

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