Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 15 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 15 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 1:36 PM AKST (22:36 UTC), 30 km (19 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
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-13 22:36:50 UTC
Depth
29.8 km (18.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.600° N, 149.536° 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
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 141 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.88 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.89 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.910 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.517 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.82 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.525 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.614 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.643 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.99 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.010 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  12. 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.28 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.323 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 1.68 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.724 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.826 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 3.09 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 57 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 26
  19. 1.725 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 41 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 1.828 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 55 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 1.57 km NE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 2.018 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 1.722 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 1.933 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 1.87 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 1.811 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 2.626 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 49 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 1.649 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 1.513 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  30. 1.520 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 59 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 1.84 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 1.813 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
  33. 1.615 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 1.617 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 1.722 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 3.22 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 70
  37. 2.920 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 8
  38. 1.99 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.96 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 5
  40. 1.649 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away
  43. 1.528 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 1.63 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 1.56 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 1.615 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 1.620 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  48. 1.921 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 1.53 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 1.726 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 1.629 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 1.714 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 45 km deep · 100 km away
  53. 1.713 km NW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 1.717 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 2.426 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 km away
  56. 2.05 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 45 km deep · 100 km away
  57. 1.548 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 1.519 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 1.845 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 1.64 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 141.

Before

  1. 1.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.318 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.07 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.826 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.314 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.521 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.76 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 1.57 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.87 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.821 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.55 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 6
  13. 1.58 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.016 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 1.914 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.519 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.94 km WSW of Knik-Fairview, AK · 2091 days ago · 57 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 1.510 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.63 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 3.510 km NE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 37 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 9

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021lvavcc. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:43 AM UTC.