Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 14 km W of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 14 km W of Point Possession, Alaska on Sat, Jan 9, 2021, 8:00 AM AKST (17:00 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 5 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-09 17:00:15 UTC
Depth
25.7 km (16.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.941° N, 150.949° 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

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
85

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and 178 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.529 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.722 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.53 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.56 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.147 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.223 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 79 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.759 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 101 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.861 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.730 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 83 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 1.65 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.88 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.549 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 79 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.07 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 50 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.742 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.065 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 122 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.318 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.85 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.873 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 117 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 1.928 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 73 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 1.915 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 1.764 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 104 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 1.754 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 81 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 1.88 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 51 km deep · 39 km away
  26. 1.89 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 1.662 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 94 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 1.931 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 1.910 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 60 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 1.517 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 64 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 1.513 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 65 km deep · 37 km away
  32. 1.57 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 1.82 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
  34. 1.525 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.518 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
  36. 1.614 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 1.722 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 76 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 1.562 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 2.338 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 2.186 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 1.99 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  43. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2078 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 1.628 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 1.941 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 2.515 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 2.010 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  48. 1.953 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 87 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2077 days ago · 58 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 2.027 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 79 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.730 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 86 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 2.28 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  54. 1.68 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
  55. 1.536 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 75 km deep · 66 km away
  56. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 2.536 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 1.724 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
  60. 1.826 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 1.521 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 1.76 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.331 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 1.57 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.515 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 61 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 1.721 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 73 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 1.87 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.613 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 1.682 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.824 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.017 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.55 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 64 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 1.644 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 92 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.626 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.821 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 1.633 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 80 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.55 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 6
  18. 1.527 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 83 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 1.51 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.631 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 85 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021f5yird. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:46 PM UTC.