Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 20 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 20 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska on Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 7:11 PM AKDT (03:11 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-22 03:11:32 UTC
Depth
56.1 km (34.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.992° N, 150.328° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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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How well it is located

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Stations used
76

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 197 in the 60 days after this one and 125 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.98 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.838 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.612 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 51 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.04 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 5
  5. 1.81 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.529 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 81 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.827 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.823 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.17 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.640 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.916 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.544 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.920 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 48 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 1.536 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 87 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.520 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 1.727 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.729 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.79 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.53 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.118 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 1.519 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 4.8Southern Alaska · 1978 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1,122 · tsunami flag
  23. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 1.72 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 50 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 1.813 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  26. 2.124 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
  28. 1.69 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 2.25 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.515 km NE of Hope, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 1.932 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 1.720 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 1.95 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 1.737 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 2.98 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  36. 1.833 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 2.123 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 41 km deep · 39 km away
  38. 2.13 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  39. 1.915 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 1.820 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 2.114 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
  42. 2.410 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 40 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 1.83 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 2.625 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 60 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.718 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  46. 2.74 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 51 km deep · 58 km away
  47. 2.35 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  48. 1.73 km WNW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
  49. 1.629 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 2.013 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 53 km deep · 75 km away
  51. 1.623 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 36 km deep · 16 km away
  52. 2.59 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 3.47 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  54. 1.826 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 1.539 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 77 km deep · 82 km away
  56. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 2.35 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
  58. 1.628 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 2.56 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.525 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 197.

Before

  1. 2.32 km NW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.58 km SE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.57 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 55 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 3.12 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 9
  5. 1.738 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.56 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.78 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 2.013 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 53 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 1.93 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.649 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 76 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.531 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 50 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 1.72 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 67 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 1.67 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 39 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.914 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 37 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 1.518 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.619 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.133 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.627 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 64 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.745 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.726 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away

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