Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 2 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 2 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Fri, Sep 24, 2021, 5:47 PM AKDT (01:47 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.4 15 km WSW of Willow, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-25 01:47:39 UTC
Depth
36.7 km (22.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.348° N, 150.019° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
50

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 118 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.130 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.322 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.76 km WSW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
  4. 1.617 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.514 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.26 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.529 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.626 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 1.522 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.928 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 92 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.812 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 43 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 2.15 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 1.824 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.927 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 47 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.611 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.638 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 80 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.06 km E of Hope, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 1.515 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 1.77 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 2.17 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.847 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 1.61 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  23. 2.019 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 1.520 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 1.623 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 75 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 1.736 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 1.825 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 1.619 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 1.924 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 64 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 1.611 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 2.013 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 51 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.710 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 85 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 1.512 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 1.813 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 1.514 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 2.79 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 39 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 30
  37. 1.69 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  38. 1.511 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 1.55 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 51 km deep · 40 km away
  40. 2.135 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 79 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 1.617 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 1.622 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
  43. 1.517 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 1.59 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 1.515 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  47. 2.323 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 1.511 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 57 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 1.824 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 2.35 km W of Houston, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 52 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 1.633 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 2.27 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 2.74 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 34 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.73 km W of Hope, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 6
  55. 1.511 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
  56. 1.529 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 2.42 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 48 km deep · 19 km away
  58. 2.815 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
  60. 1.623 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 52 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 1.931 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 3.21 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 43 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 18
  3. 1.729 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 1.812 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 1.89 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 1.511 km S of Willow, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 1.89 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 48 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 1.59 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 1.86 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 40 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 1.612 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 1.656 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 89 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.27 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.75 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 54 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 1.526 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.638 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 82 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.27 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.930 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 1.516 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 1.70 km NNE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 2.00 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021cb8wln5 (also filed as us7000fe9s). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 12:06 PM UTC.