Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 7 km W of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 7 km W of Point Possession, Alaska on Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 12:06 AM AKDT (08:06 UTC), 70 km (44 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
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-24 08:06:02 UTC
Depth
70.2 km (43.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
60.928° N, 150.830° 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
17

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 117 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.811 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 68 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 1.56 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 1.847 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 81 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.720 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 67 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 1.62 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.77 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 3.94 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 204 · tsunami flag
  9. 2.338 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 93 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.615 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.97 km S of Willow, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.656 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 97 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.530 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.15 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 108 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.537 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 82 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.75 km W of Soldotna, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 1.834 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 78 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.64 km W of Eagle River, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 1.557 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 100 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 1.615 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 2.46 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 1.62 km NNE of Kenai, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 1.99 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 1.66 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 1.962 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 1.87 km NW of Point MacKenzie, AK · 1915 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 2.524 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 2.86 km ENE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 55 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  31. 1.78 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away
  32. 2.219 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 4.325 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 86 · tsunami flag
  34. 1.618 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 55 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 1.94 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 51 km deep · 100 km away
  36. 1.837 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 2.340 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 85 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 1.617 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 2.18 km ENE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 1.936 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 91 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 1.822 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 55 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 2.321 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.219 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 1.55 km NE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
  45. 1.916 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 58 km deep · 30 km away
  46. 1.931 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 36 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 1.722 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 56 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 1.669 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 1.765 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 117 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 2.420 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.015 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 2.515 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  53. 1.841 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
  54. 1.84 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 1.619 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 75 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 2.316 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 1.758 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 90 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 1.627 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 1.833 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 77 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 1.832 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 75 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.622 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 1.814 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.566 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 120 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.814 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.47 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.614 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 1.617 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 32 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 1.89 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 1.621 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 115 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.95 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.95 km S of Houston, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.525 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 2.213 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 48 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.937 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.741 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.850 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 101 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.530 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 62 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away

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