Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 6 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 6 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Mon, Nov 8, 2021, 9:46 PM AKST (06:46 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 11 km NNE of Hope, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-11-09 06:46:07 UTC
Depth
38.4 km (23.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.410° N, 149.904° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
101

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 141 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.727 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 52 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 1.74 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 1.716 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1784 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 1.516 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 2.03 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 2.417 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 1.65 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 53 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.017 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.03 km ENE of Houston, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 52 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 1.713 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 2.115 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 1.532 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.517 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.813 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.115 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 3.126 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 49 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 12
  18. 2.238 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 1.824 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 57 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 1.82 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 1.533 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 1.84 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  23. 1.516 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 1.819 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 1.718 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 1.513 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 1.646 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 1.69 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 2.03 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 37 km deep · 6 km away
  30. 2.22 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 1.725 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 1.57 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away
  33. 1.55 km N of Knik, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 36 km deep · 14 km away
  34. 3.119 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.614 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 1.97 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
  37. 1.825 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 1.532 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 2.06 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 38 km deep · 2 km away
  40. 1.79 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 39 km deep · 3 km away
  41. 1.511 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 2.134 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 1.515 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 3.419 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  45. 2.227 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 1.648 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 1.528 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 1.722 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
  49. 1.616 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 1.89 km SW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  51. 1.64 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 32 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 2.018 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 51 km deep · 22 km away
  53. 1.716 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  54. 1.96 km SE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 2.314 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 2.130 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 96 km deep · 99 km away
  57. 1.516 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 1.529 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 1.842 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 85 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 1.55 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

  1. 3.415 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 19
  2. 2.512 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 58 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 2.223 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 1.624 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 2.08 km S of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 163 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 1.515 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 2.417 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 1.613 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 2.019 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1785 days ago · 37 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 1.620 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.730 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.020 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 61 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.734 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.911 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.38 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.535 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.817 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.522 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021edr23oq (also filed as us7000fsl9). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:35 AM UTC.