M1.7 earthquake 36 km SW of Stevens Village, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 36 km SW of Stevens Village, Alaska on Mon, Oct 11, 2021, 8:45 AM AKDT (16:45 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 27 km SW of Beaver, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-11 16:45:03 UTC
- Depth
- 11.1 km (6.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 65.771° N, 149.655° 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
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.842 km NW of Stevens Village, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.247 km N of Rampart, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.631 km SE of Minto, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.625 km ENE of Livengood, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9northern Alaska · 1802 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.027 km SW of Beaver, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.514 km NE of Stevens Village, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.355 km NW of Rampart, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 1.517 km WSW of Livengood, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.514 km NNE of Livengood, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.217 km NW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.538 km E of Stevens Village, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.516 km S of Minto, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Stevens Village, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.537 km N of Rampart, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021d1yf5e7. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:29 PM UTC.