Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 20 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 20 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska on Fri, Oct 1, 2021, 7:39 AM AKDT (15:39 UTC), 19 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.8 25 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-01 15:39:38 UTC
Depth
18.5 km (11.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.633° N, 149.591° 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
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 151 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.825 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.619 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.813 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.79 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 30
  5. 1.69 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.617 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 1.517 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 39 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 1.515 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.511 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.27 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.73 km W of Hope, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 6
  12. 2.019 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 1.511 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 66 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 1.821 km SSE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 48 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 2.42 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 48 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 33 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.01 km N of Funny River, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 52 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.531 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 57 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 1.714 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.57 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
  22. 1.922 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 1.525 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 1.635 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  25. 1.56 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 1.56 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 2.223 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 2.37 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
  29. 1.725 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 1.83 km ESE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.65 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.87 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.022 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 1.511 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
  36. 1.745 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 1.520 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  38. 1.516 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 2.07 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 3.427 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 41 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 7
  41. 1.520 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 2.113 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 1.82 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 1.614 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  45. 2.319 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 1.526 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 1.612 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
  48. 1.52 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 1.537 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 1.53 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 1.527 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
  52. 2.04 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 1.514 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 2.58 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.7Southern Alaska · 1793 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.57 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 2.622 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
  58. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  59. 1.619 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 1.612 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of 151.

Before

  1. 1.61 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.529 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 1.77 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.06 km E of Hope, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.530 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.812 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.26 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.514 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.42 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.21 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 18
  11. 1.812 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.89 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 48 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.59 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.27 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.27 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.70 km NNE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 2.00 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 1.57 km ESE of Sunrise, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 2.66 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.80 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 59 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021clef15r. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 4:14 AM UTC.