Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 4 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 4 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Thu, May 27, 2021, 1:09 PM AKDT (21:09 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.0 16 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-27 21:09:44 UTC
Depth
35.5 km (22.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.372° N, 150.062° 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: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 94 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.538 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 1.621 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.66 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 1.96 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 1.621 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 1.99 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.714 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.620 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1947 days ago · 83 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.023 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 1.94 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 95 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 2.04 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 1.812 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 1.517 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.28 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 3.328 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 11
  18. 2.54 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  19. 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.431 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 1.56 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 36 km deep · 31 km away
  22. 1.81 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 2.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  24. 2.43 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 45 km deep · 31 km away
  25. 2.93 km ENE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 12
  26. 1.81 km WNW of Wasilla, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 2.720 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.114 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 1.510 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 36 km deep · 10 km away
  30. 1.521 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 1.519 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 1.817 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 51 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 2.238 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away
  35. 2.449 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 1.88 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 65 km deep · 24 km away
  37. 1.54 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 1.826 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 37 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 2.624 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 1.84 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  41. 1.65 km E of Girdwood, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 1.528 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  44. 1.826 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 47 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 32 km deep · 3 km away
  46. 1.611 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
  47. 2.120 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 2.5Southern Alaska · 1937 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 1.832 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 2.912 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 5
  51. 2.029 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 2.05 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  53. 2.06 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.741 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 82 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 2.05 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
  56. 2.58 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  57. 2.224 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
  58. 2.118 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 2.431 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 1.920 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 1.530 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.04 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 1.96 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 1.517 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.613 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.50 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 1.724 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 1.515 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.716 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.711 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 37 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 2.32 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 40 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
  16. 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 3.14 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 22
  18. 2.411 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 33 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 2.113 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 34 km deep · 55 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216rgk578. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:44 AM UTC.