Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 9 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 9 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska on Mon, Jun 21, 2021, 9:26 PM AKDT (05:26 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.3 25 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-22 05:26:26 UTC
Depth
36.8 km (22.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.590° N, 150.952° 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
21

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 94 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.617 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.614 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 2.766 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 113 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.47 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.814 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 57 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 1.814 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 1.622 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.87 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 70 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 1.811 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 68 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.155 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 87 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.847 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.053 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.720 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 3.94 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 204 · tsunami flag
  16. 1.847 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 88 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.338 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 93 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.615 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.530 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.644 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 94 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 1.537 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 82 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 1.75 km W of Soldotna, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away
  25. 1.59 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 55 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 1.834 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 1.557 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 100 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 1.615 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 73 km deep · 36 km away
  29. 1.53 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 71 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 2.46 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 1.62 km NNE of Kenai, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  32. 2.86 km ENE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 55 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  33. 1.78 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 49 km deep · 13 km away
  34. 2.28 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 2.219 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 4.325 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 86 · tsunami flag
  37. 1.618 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 55 km deep · 14 km away
  38. 1.837 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 84 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 2.340 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 85 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 1.953 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 2.18 km ENE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 58 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 1.822 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 55 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 2.219 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 58 km deep · 42 km away
  44. 1.55 km NE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 57 km deep · 41 km away
  45. 1.916 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 1.931 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 1.765 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 117 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 1.55 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 52 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 2.420 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.644 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 2.515 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  52. 1.619 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
  53. 2.316 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 60 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 1.833 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 77 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 1.832 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 75 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 1.916 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 1.818 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 1.821 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 1.931 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 2.011 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.621 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.96 km SE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 97 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.525 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 2.213 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 48 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 1.937 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.850 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 101 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.530 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 62 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.611 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 69 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.712 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 1.854 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 104 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 1.628 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 96 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 1.714 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.62 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 2.015 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 50 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 2.920 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 1.823 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0217y73u2u. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC.