M1.9 earthquake 70 km WNW of Rampart, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 70 km WNW of Rampart, Alaska on Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 10:15 AM AKDT (18:15 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 42 km NW of Stevens Village, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-31 18:15:20 UTC
- Depth
- 13.1 km (8.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 65.776° N, 151.565° 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
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.665 km N of Tanana, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Tanana, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Tanana, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.637 km SE of Tanana, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Tanana, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.537 km N of Rampart, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Stevens Village, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.217 km NW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.031 km SSW of New Allakaket, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.736 km SW of Stevens Village, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.912 km ENE of Tanana, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.842 km NW of Stevens Village, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.247 km N of Rampart, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 1.862 km N of Tanana, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Tanana, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.945 km NW of Tanana, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.525 km SSE of Tanana, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.266 km WNW of Tanana, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021b66ee8n. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:38 PM UTC.