Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 17 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 17 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska on Tue, Jun 22, 2021, 1:07 AM AKDT (09:07 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.3 25 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-22 09:07:12 UTC
Depth
31.6 km (19.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.031° N, 150.459° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 114 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.614 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 2.47 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.814 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.622 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 1.87 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 70 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 1.811 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.56 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 37 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 1.720 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 1.62 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.716 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.77 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 3.94 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 204 · tsunami flag
  14. 1.615 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.97 km S of Willow, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.718 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.656 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 97 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.15 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 40 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.75 km W of Soldotna, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 1.834 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 1.64 km W of Eagle River, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 1.615 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 2.46 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 1.62 km NNE of Kenai, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 1.99 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 1.66 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  28. 1.67 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 1.962 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 1.87 km NW of Point MacKenzie, AK · 1917 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 2.524 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 2.86 km ENE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 55 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  33. 1.78 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
  34. 2.219 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 4.325 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 78 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 86 · tsunami flag
  36. 1.618 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 55 km deep · 42 km away
  37. 1.94 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 1.617 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
  39. 2.18 km ENE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 1.936 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 91 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 1.822 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 2.321 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.219 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 1.55 km NE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 1.916 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 58 km deep · 26 km away
  46. 1.931 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 1.722 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 2.420 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 40 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.015 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 2.515 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  51. 1.841 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 77 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 1.84 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 1.619 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
  54. 1.758 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 90 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 1.627 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 1.833 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 1.832 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 1.61 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  59. 1.932 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 1.64 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.89 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.621 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 115 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.95 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.95 km S of Houston, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.518 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.525 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 45 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 2.213 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 48 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 1.714 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.741 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 1.850 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 101 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.530 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 62 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 1.631 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.77 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.611 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 69 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 1.712 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 2.113 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 46 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0217y9dgv6. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:54 PM UTC.