Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 45 km NW of Paxson, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 45 km NW of Paxson, Alaska on Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 3:05 AM AKDT (11:05 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 66 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-26 11:05:17 UTC
Depth
6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.402° N, 146.193° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.567 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.067 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 3.066 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.671 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.663 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.855 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.782 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 1.985 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 77 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.563 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.030 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.959 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.830 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 1.844 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.737 km ENE of Paxson, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 2.454 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.069 km WSW of Paxson, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 250 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.432 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 2.046 km ENE of Paxson, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.563 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 1.861 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 84 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 1.845 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 3.031 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.369 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.932 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.732 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.110 km SSE of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.723 km ENE of Paxson, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 1.762 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.529 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 3.430 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02184wpazl. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:45 AM UTC.