M1.6 earthquake 28 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 28 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska on Thu, Nov 18, 2021, 4:43 AM AKST (13:43 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 31 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-18 13:43:14 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.325° N, 145.414° 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
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.129 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.075 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.246 km WSW of Paxson, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 250 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.431 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.686 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.528 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.142 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.615 km NNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.627 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.050 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 2.038 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.331 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.529 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.529 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.527 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.040 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.977 km SW of Fort Greely, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.219 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021esr1mrs. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:42 PM UTC.