Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 29 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 29 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska on Wed, Sep 29, 2021, 8:53 PM AKDT (04:53 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.5 28 km N of Paxson, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-09-30 04:53:29 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.343° N, 145.437° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.627 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.827 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.748 km E of Paxson, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.482 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.383 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.784 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.083 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.584 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.729 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 1.6Central Alaska · 1819 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.532 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 3.528 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.730 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 2.219 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.977 km SW of Fort Greely, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 2.040 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.688 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.527 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 1.529 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 1.529 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  21. 2.331 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  22. 1.837 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 2.038 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 1.628 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away

Before

  1. 1.965 km WSW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 1.984 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.633 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 1.634 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 1.714 km WSW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.087 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 1.881 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.737 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 1.781 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.324 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021cjkewgz. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:05 PM UTC.