Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 3 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 3 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska on Sat, Aug 7, 2021, 2:25 PM AKDT (22:25 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 50 km E of Whittier, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-07 22:25:15 UTC
Depth
25.1 km (15.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.491° N, 149.431° 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
54

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.614 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.519 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.923 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.87 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.922 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 54 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.93 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.325 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.912 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 1.81 km NNW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.513 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.128 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 1.521 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 2.834 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.835 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.621 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 1.618 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.614 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.516 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.111 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.821 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 2.116 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 2.433 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 2.923 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.710 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 1.615 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away
  27. 1.626 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 1.543 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 1.94 km NNW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 1.520 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 54 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 1.523 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 1.524 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 2.415 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 5
  34. 1.624 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 2.522 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  36. 1.613 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
  37. 2.226 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away
  38. 1.620 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 2.012 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 1.715 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
  43. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 1.79 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 1.621 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 1.717 km SE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 1.612 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
  48. 1.78 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 83 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 2.048 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 1.50 km SSE of Sterling, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 1.516 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
  52. 1.821 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
  53. 1.640 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 3.350 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 1.750 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 1.518 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  57. 1.510 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 1.516 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 2.313 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 1.950 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 101.

Before

  1. 1.812 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.510 km NW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.521 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.915 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.01 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 2.127 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.527 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 32 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 2.125 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 1.723 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 1.58 km NNW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.940 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 1.738 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 1.653 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.936 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.520 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 1.57 km NE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.57 km ENE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.616 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 1.516 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 1.613 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away

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