Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 6 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 6 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Fri, Mar 26, 2021, 11:52 AM AKDT (19:52 UTC), 41 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 Southern Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-03-26 19:52:47 UTC
Depth
41.2 km (25.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.403° N, 150.061° 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
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 137 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.521 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 52 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 1.714 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.127 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 63 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.69 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.517 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 1.55 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.99 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 42 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2008 days ago · 66 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.118 km NW of Hope, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 1.923 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.45 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.86 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 41 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.914 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 1.73 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 37 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 1.614 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 55 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 1.510 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.67 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 1.939 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.735 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 104 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.71 km SE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 1.75 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 2.49 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 1.639 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 88 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 1.549 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 2.63 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 36 km deep · 12 km away
  26. 2.23 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
  27. 1.723 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 2.519 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 1.725 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 1.626 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 2.424 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 63 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.728 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 2.02 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  34. 2.04 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 32 km deep · 10 km away
  35. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2001 days ago · 47 km deep · 17 km away
  36. 1.59 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 2.09 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 3.035 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 75 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 1.66 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  40. 1.545 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 1.821 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  42. 1.533 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
  43. 1.712 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 52 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 2.48 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 1.57 km NE of Hope, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
  46. 1.824 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  47. 1.525 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 64 km deep · 48 km away
  48. 1.67 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 49 km deep · 21 km away
  49. 1.518 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  50. 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
  51. 1.63 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 39 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 1.510 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 49 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 1.620 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 68 km deep · 50 km away
  54. 1.65 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  55. 1.623 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  56. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1997 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 2.13 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 38 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 2.038 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 2.521 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
  60. 1.532 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 195.

Before

  1. 1.614 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 50 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.217 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.520 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.828 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 69 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 1.819 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 64 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.719 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.821 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 53 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 2.18 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 40 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 1.923 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 1.99 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 40 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.323 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.714 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.95 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 40 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.52 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 44 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 1.715 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 2.128 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 64 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 1.99 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 47 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2014 days ago · 69 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 1.618 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 1.53 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 46 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1

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