M1.5 earthquake 42 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 42 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska on Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 9:59 PM AKDT (05:59 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 15 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-21 05:59:32 UTC
- Depth
- 107.7 km (66.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.727° N, 151.976° 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
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 183 in the 60 days after this one and 124 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.510 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 82 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.637 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 108 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.877 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 118 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.118 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.750 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 119 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2021 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.547 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.99 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.128 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.323 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 2.530 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 69 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.629 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 66 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.821 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 53 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.719 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 101 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 69 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 118 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.217 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 71 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.614 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 50 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.521 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.714 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.127 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.517 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.815 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.944 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 87 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2014 days ago · 66 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.923 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 77 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 55 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.939 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 75 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.735 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 104 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.346 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 97 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.731 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 100 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.367 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 111 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.642 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 96 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 88 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.549 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 83 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.620 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 84 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.723 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 52 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.853 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 120 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.725 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.848 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 102 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.570 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 121 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.424 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.58 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 92 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 3.035 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 75 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.256 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 104 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.880 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 130 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.545 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 87 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.637 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 83 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.533 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 74 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.712 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 52 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.48 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 82 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.870 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 113 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.525 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.829 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.510 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 49 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.620 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
The first 60 of 183.
Before
- 1.834 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 92 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.769 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 115 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.627 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.67 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.620 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.866 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 113 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.815 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 106 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.045 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 82 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.941 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 83 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.537 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.92 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.739 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.923 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 130 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 111 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.59 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.616 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.670 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.226 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
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