Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 32 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 32 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska on Mon, Jul 5, 2021, 10:01 PM AKDT (06:01 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 59 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-06 06:01:21 UTC
Depth
15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.252° N, 148.781° 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
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.613 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 2.05 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 1.622 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 1.837 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.255 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.936 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 1.538 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 2.033 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 1.935 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.735 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 1.914 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.117 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.043 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.352 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.857 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.639 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 1.635 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 1.556 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.516 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 1.616 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 2.520 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 1.936 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 1.646 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 1.653 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 1.738 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 1.940 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 1.723 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 2.527 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 32 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 2.127 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 2.01 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 2.047 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 1.83 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 2.339 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 1.545 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 1.552 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 1.93 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 2.325 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 1.513 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 1.950 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 2.128 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 1.521 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  42. 2.834 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  43. 1.835 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 1.621 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 2.923 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.615 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 1.543 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 1.94 km NNW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  49. 1.523 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  50. 2.415 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 5
  51. 3.359 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 1.553 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 2.522 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 2.226 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  56. 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  57. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  58. 1.621 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  59. 2.048 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  60. 1.821 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 61.

Before

  1. 1.534 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 1.931 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.617 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 1.952 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.050 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 3.035 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 3.94 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 204 · tsunami flag
  8. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.857 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.621 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.937 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.640 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.922 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.58 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.513 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 1.543 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 2.431 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.622 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0218ld2r90. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 8:37 PM UTC.