Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake Southern Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 12:42 AM AKST (09:42 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 5 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-01 09:42:47 UTC
Depth
28.5 km (17.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.641° N, 148.678° 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
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 190 in the 60 days after this one and 96 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.013 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.28 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.317 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.68 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 1.97 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.638 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.933 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.98 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.245 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.062 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.94 km WSW of Knik-Fairview, AK · 2092 days ago · 57 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.519 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.528 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.613 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.510 km SSW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.51 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 2.55 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
  19. 1.56 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 2.119 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 1.513 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 1.759 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 1.833 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 1.87 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 1.626 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 1.932 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 1.57 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 1.950 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 1.715 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 1.76 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
  31. 1.615 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  32. 2.626 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 2.312 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
  34. 1.53 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 40 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 1.869 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 2.24 km NNW of Lakes, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 1.56 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 2.431 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 1.531 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 1.512 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 1.65 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 1.88 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 1.826 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 2.414 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
  45. 1.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
  46. 1.85 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 1.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 2.278 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 1.942 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 1.751 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 1.669 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 1.816 km E of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
  53. 2.749 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  54. 1.821 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  55. 1.815 km S of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
  56. 1.524 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2081 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  58. 1.620 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  59. 2.246 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 1.57 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of 190.

Before

  1. 1.87 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.527 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.514 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.916 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 1.918 km SW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.97 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.56 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.00 km N of Willow, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.52 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.62 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.542 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 1.57 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.515 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.59 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 2.63 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  16. 1.53 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.96 km WNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 2.822 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.05 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 18
  20. 2.021 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away

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