Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 24 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 24 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska on Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 3:54 AM AKDT (11:54 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 5 km SSW of Kasilof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-26 11:54:28 UTC
Depth
44.1 km (27.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.968° N, 150.239° 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
48

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 91 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.023 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 2.610 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.645 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.713 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.58 km E of Willow, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.112 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 54 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 1.613 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 1.715 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.226 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.620 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 61 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 1.515 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.38 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.55 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.825 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 2.012 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 1.64 km S of Houston, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.828 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 1.511 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 55 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 2.29 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.715 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 1.79 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  22. 1.77 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 1.717 km SE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 1.916 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 1.612 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 1.812 km SE of Beluga, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 62 km deep · 37 km away
  27. 1.81 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
  28. 2.237 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 89 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 1.9Southern Alaska · 1848 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 1.78 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 1.50 km SSE of Sterling, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 1.516 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
  33. 1.821 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 39 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 1.74 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
  35. 2.234 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 1.938 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 1.636 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 2.515 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.56 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 1.97 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
  41. 1.647 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 88 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 1.726 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away
  43. 1.510 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 54 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 1.53 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
  45. 3.15 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 12
  46. 1.516 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 52 km deep · 50 km away
  47. 1.99 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.313 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 48 km deep · 37 km away
  49. 2.521 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 75 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 1.628 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 1.69 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 1.921 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
  53. 2.212 km N of Houston, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 3.014 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 62 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
  55. 1.926 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 43 km deep · 19 km away
  56. 1.723 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 2.43 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 2.328 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 41 km deep · 31 km away
  59. 1.727 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 1.55 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 1.751 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.515 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 1.53 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.613 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.520 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 1.94 km NNW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.543 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.626 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 1.932 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.128 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 49 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.11 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 1.615 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.014 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.57 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.833 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 78 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.710 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 2.923 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.33 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 1.720 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 2.433 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away

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