Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 7 km ESE of Sunrise, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 7 km ESE of Sunrise, Alaska on Tue, Sep 21, 2021, 1:03 AM AKDT (09:03 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 27 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-21 09:03:31 UTC
Depth
18.7 km (11.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.872° N, 149.291° 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
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 173 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.00 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.70 km NNE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.27 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.27 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.59 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 40 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.89 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.511 km S of Willow, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.89 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.812 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 3.21 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 18
  11. 2.42 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.76 km WSW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  13. 1.647 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.514 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.812 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.531 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.15 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 2.06 km E of Hope, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 1.77 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 1.759 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 1.529 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 2.17 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.61 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 1.520 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
  25. 1.825 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
  26. 1.619 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 2.013 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.813 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 2.79 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 39 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 30
  30. 1.69 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 1.55 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 1.617 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  33. 1.517 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 1.515 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 1.511 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 2.35 km W of Houston, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 2.27 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 1.849 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 2.050 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  40. 2.74 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.550 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 2.73 km W of Hope, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 29 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 6
  43. 2.019 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 1.821 km SSE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
  45. 2.42 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
  47. 2.01 km N of Funny River, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 1.531 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 57 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 1.714 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 1.57 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 1.656 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 1.615 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
  54. 2.114 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 1.635 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 1.56 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  57. 1.56 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
  58. 1.56 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
  59. 1.522 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 59 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 2.223 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of 173.

Before

  1. 2.66 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.619 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.911 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.930 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.513 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.22 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.525 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.82 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 1.529 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.819 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.517 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.425 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 2.224 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.558 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 1.58 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 3.43 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 25
  17. 2.615 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 40 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.52 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.99 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 42 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.55 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021c4r98ac. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 12:49 PM UTC.