Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 13 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 13 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska on Sun, Apr 18, 2021, 1:09 AM AKDT (09:09 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-18 09:09:39 UTC
Depth
52.9 km (32.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.976° N, 150.917° 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
102

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 161 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.78 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.56 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.673 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.738 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 3.12 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 39 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 9
  6. 2.639 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 86 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 1.57 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 55 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 1.568 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 113 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.58 km SE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 2.32 km NW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.78 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.220 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 56 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.98 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.838 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.612 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 51 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.947 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 82 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 3.04 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
  18. 1.81 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 55 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 1.529 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 81 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 1.827 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 71 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 1.823 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 49 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 2.17 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 1.640 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 79 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 1.544 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 83 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 1.920 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 48 km deep · 46 km away
  26. 1.536 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 87 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 2.143 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 86 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 1.965 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 113 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 1.520 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 1.727 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 74 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 1.729 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 1.559 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 106 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 1.53 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 2.118 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 1.519 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 1.577 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 127 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 4.8Southern Alaska · 1980 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1,122 · tsunami flag
  38. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 1.72 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
  40. 1.813 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  41. 2.124 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 74 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 81 km deep · 44 km away
  43. 1.69 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 1.555 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 107 km deep · 72 km away
  45. 1.857 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 1.627 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 2.25 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.515 km NE of Hope, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 1.720 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
  50. 1.95 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 1.737 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 73 km deep · 56 km away
  52. 1.833 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 2.123 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
  54. 2.13 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.558 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 1.820 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 79 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 2.114 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.168 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 111 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 2.410 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 1.83 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 40 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.857 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 94 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.93 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.649 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 1.531 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 50 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 1.72 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 67 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 1.67 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.914 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.518 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 1.619 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.133 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 82 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 1.664 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 102 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.627 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 64 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.745 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 1.726 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 66 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 1.616 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 57 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 1.725 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.816 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 1.81 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.916 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 1.514 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 70 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0214yrge9s. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:23 PM UTC.