Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake Southern Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Sat, Jul 24, 2021, 3:16 PM AKDT (23:16 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 3 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-24 23:16:53 UTC
Depth
20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.220° N, 148.650° 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
48

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 144 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.556 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.652 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.625 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.613 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.614 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.516 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.616 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.520 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.08 km SSE of Wasilla, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.017 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.752 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 1.58 km W of Knik, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.722 km NE of Chickaloon, AK · 1888 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.849 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 50 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.68 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 1.747 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.646 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.940 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.86 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 1.723 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 2.939 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.125 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.127 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 2.047 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 2.510 km NW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  26. 1.98 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 1.83 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 1.519 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 2.339 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 1.67 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 1.545 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 1.923 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 1.530 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  34. 1.87 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.25 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 1.93 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 1.628 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 1.912 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 2.357 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 2.322 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  41. 1.81 km NNW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 1.726 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  43. 1.616 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 1.948 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 1.950 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 2.128 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 1.86 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 2.042 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 1.521 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 2.834 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 1.835 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  52. 1.621 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 1.74 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 1.624 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 2.1Southern Alaska · 1867 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  56. 1.620 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 1.83 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
  58. 2.923 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.57 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 2.11 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of 144.

Before

  1. 1.719 km WSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.71 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.538 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.736 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.44 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.14 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.832 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.352 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 3.35 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 99
  10. 2.119 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.043 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.924 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.07 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.556 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 1.724 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.548 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.67 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.512 km E of Susitna, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.96 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.57 km NW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0219feynni. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:08 AM UTC.