Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 9 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 9 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska on Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 3:14 AM AKST (12:14 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 5 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-11 12:14:29 UTC
Depth
35.4 km (22.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.550° N, 149.492° 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: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.710 km ENE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.843 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.524 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.521 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 1.518 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.612 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.541 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.110 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.917 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 1.919 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 1.612 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.010 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.522 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 1.914 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.720 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.65 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.318 km N of Hope, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.819 km NW of Girdwood, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 1.545 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.844 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 1.614 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 2.816 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 34 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 2.521 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 1.61 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 1.626 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 5.35 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2,970 · tsunami flag
  27. 5.35 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 1.73 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 1.64 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 1.925 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 1.715 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 2.618 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7
  33. 1.613 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 1.63 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 2.417 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  36. 1.722 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 63 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 2.055 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 1.77 km ESE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  39. 1.528 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 1.952 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 1.721 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 1.61 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 2.130 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 2.4Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 1.67 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 2.821 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 144 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.819 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 2.228 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 2.631 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 1.53 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 2.320 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 86 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 2.026 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 1.86 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 1.538 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 3.25 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 91
  56. 1.710 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
  57. 2.15 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 1.89 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 2.03 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
  60. 1.848 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away

The first 60 of 127.

Before

  1. 1.824 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 1.531 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 1.614 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.828 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 32 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.638 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.015 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 38 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 1.85 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.64 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.845 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.519 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.548 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.426 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 45 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.717 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.713 km NW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 1.714 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.629 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.726 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 1.53 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.921 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 1.620 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0211xnsu5t. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:15 PM UTC.