M1.7 earthquake 3 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 3 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Sat, Feb 27, 2021, 10:06 AM AKST (19:06 UTC), 46 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 Southern Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-27 19:06:57 UTC
- Depth
- 45.7 km (28.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.337° N, 150.033° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 125 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.64 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 44 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.925 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.715 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.730 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 73 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.618 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 7
- 1.925 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 63 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.613 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.541 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 45 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.028 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 47 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.638 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.76 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.123 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.89 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 54 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.516 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.050 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 95 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.711 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 57 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.87 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 43 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.211 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 2.122 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 47 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.721 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.61 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 45 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.74 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 54 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 7
- 1.834 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.67 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.512 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 54 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.77 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.52 km ESE of Houston, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 37 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.934 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 80 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.821 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 144 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 2.42 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 46 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.624 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.612 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.311 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.53 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 44 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.320 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 86 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.97 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 57 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 53 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.011 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.25 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 40 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 91
- 2.437 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.15 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 37 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.89 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.518 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.543 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.03 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.39 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.78 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 41 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.717 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 68 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.846 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.632 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.814 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 77 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.020 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 67 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.818 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.716 km W of Fishhook, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.638 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 83 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.646 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 77 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.629 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of 199.
Before
- 5.35 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 46 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.35 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 46 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2,970 · tsunami flag
- 2.37 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 39 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.96 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 54 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.028 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 46 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.626 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.814 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 70 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.54 km SW of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.615 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.634 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.519 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.61 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.72 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 47 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.819 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.619 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.916 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 51 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.515 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.831 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 75 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.618 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.819 km NW of Girdwood, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
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