Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 25 km WNW of Seward, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 25 km WNW of Seward, Alaska on Mon, Nov 8, 2021, 9:20 AM AKST (18:20 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.7 4 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-11-08 18:20:09 UTC
Depth
28.5 km (17.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.167° N, 149.876° 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
44

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.74 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.62 km NE of Funny River, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 2.115 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.650 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.832 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.718 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.545 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 1.612 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 1.512 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.526 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.58 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.511 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.65 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.515 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.725 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 2.620 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.033 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.539 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 53 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 1.56 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.246 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 2.747 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.837 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 1.516 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 1.613 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 1.56 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 1.65 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 1.67 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 59 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 49 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 2.112 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 1.813 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 2.318 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 1.712 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 1.645 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 40 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.67 km SE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 1.622 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 1.611 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 1.76 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 2.327 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 1.619 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 1.627 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
  41. 1.912 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 1.725 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 44 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 1.712 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
  44. 1.525 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 1.813 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 1.541 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  47. 1.817 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 1.69 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 1.936 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 1.78 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  51. 1.81 km NW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 55 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 1.512 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 1.621 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 1.812 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 2.59 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 1.86 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 1.511 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 1.716 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  59. 1.78 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 1.520 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of 108.

Before

  1. 2.121 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.68 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.019 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.15 km ENE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.821 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 1.821 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.514 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.612 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 1.817 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 1.53 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.220 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.911 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.619 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.519 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.77 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.714 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.82 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021ecaidwy. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:37 AM UTC.