Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 22 km N of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 22 km N of Point Possession, Alaska on Wed, Jun 23, 2021, 3:07 PM AKDT (23:07 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.3 30 km WNW of Willow, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-23 23:07:46 UTC
Depth
13.3 km (8.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.122° N, 150.621° 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
11

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 130 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.87 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 70 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 1.811 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 68 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 1.56 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.720 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 67 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 1.62 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.716 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.77 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 3.94 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 204 · tsunami flag
  10. 1.615 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 60 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 1.97 km S of Willow, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 1.718 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.656 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 97 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.15 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 40 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 2.038 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 108 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 108 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.75 km W of Soldotna, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 1.834 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 78 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.64 km W of Eagle River, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 1.557 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 100 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 1.615 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 2.46 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 1.62 km NNE of Kenai, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 1.99 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
  26. 1.66 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 1.67 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 1.962 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 1.87 km NW of Point MacKenzie, AK · 1914 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 1.843 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 113 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 2.524 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 59 km deep · 58 km away
  32. 2.86 km ENE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  33. 1.78 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 2.219 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 47 km deep · 33 km away
  35. 4.325 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 78 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 86 · tsunami flag
  36. 1.618 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 55 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 1.94 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 1.617 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 1.936 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 91 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 1.822 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 2.321 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.916 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 58 km deep · 13 km away
  43. 1.931 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 1.722 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 1.669 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 2.420 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 40 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.015 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
  48. 2.515 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 40 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  49. 1.841 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 77 km deep · 76 km away
  50. 1.84 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 1.619 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 75 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 1.758 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
  53. 1.627 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
  54. 1.833 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 1.832 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
  56. 1.61 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 1.932 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
  58. 1.64 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
  59. 1.821 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 59 km deep · 36 km away
  60. 2.34 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 52 km deep · 52 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 1.814 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.566 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 120 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.47 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.614 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 1.617 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 1.89 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 1.621 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 115 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.95 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.95 km S of Houston, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.635 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.518 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.525 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 45 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.213 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.714 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.741 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 1.850 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 101 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.834 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.530 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 62 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0218058yex. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 3:42 PM UTC.