Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 9 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 9 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska on Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 2:59 PM AKST (23:59 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

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

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
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-17 23:59:44 UTC
Depth
12.8 km (8.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.973° N, 150.840° 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: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and 172 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2078 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.941 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 80 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.010 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.953 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2077 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.027 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.730 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 86 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.28 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  10. 1.68 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.536 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.536 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 78 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.724 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 1.826 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 1.745 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 1.625 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 74 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 3.09 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 26
  20. 1.519 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 66 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 2.024 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 78 km deep · 52 km away
  22. 1.927 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 80 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 1.725 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 1.534 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 1.828 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 55 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 1.543 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 91 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 1.57 km NE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 1.933 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 1.87 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 1.741 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 89 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 1.811 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 55 km deep · 77 km away
  32. 2.626 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 49 km deep · 25 km away
  33. 1.513 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  34. 1.512 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 77 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 1.520 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 59 km deep · 26 km away
  36. 1.84 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 2.220 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 1.813 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 1.750 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 94 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 1.615 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 62 km deep · 25 km away
  41. 2.141 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 85 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 1.628 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 78 km deep · 51 km away
  43. 1.636 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 85 km deep · 66 km away
  44. 2.049 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 104 km deep · 68 km away
  45. 1.621 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 74 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 1.617 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 1.645 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 121 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 1.564 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 114 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 2.61 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
  50. 1.549 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 85 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 1.826 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 78 km deep · 67 km away
  52. 1.722 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 1.52 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
  54. 2.250 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 100 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 3.22 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 70
  56. 2.920 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 8
  57. 1.99 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.96 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5
  59. 1.845 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 2.540 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 87 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.338 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.562 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.722 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 76 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.614 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.518 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 53 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.525 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.82 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.57 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.513 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 65 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 2.530 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.517 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.910 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 60 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 1.931 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 1.662 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 94 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.89 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 44 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 1.88 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 51 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 1.764 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 104 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.915 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.928 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away

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