M1.7 earthquake 30 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 30 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska on Sat, Feb 27, 2021, 3:37 PM AKST (00:37 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 Southern 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-28 00:37:41 UTC
- Depth
- 73.1 km (45.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.655° N, 151.045° 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
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 180 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.925 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 63 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.613 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.541 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 77 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.028 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.638 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 68 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.76 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.50 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 89 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.728 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.123 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 63 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.89 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 54 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.516 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.050 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 95 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.711 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 57 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.922 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 76 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.558 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 99 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.87 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.211 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.073 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.122 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 47 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.61 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.74 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 7
- 1.834 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.557 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 99 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 189 · tsunami flag
- 1.555 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.421 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.512 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 54 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.77 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.52 km ESE of Houston, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.934 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.821 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 144 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.42 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.649 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 116 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 59 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.624 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 68 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.612 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.311 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.53 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.320 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.97 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.741 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 109 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.011 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.25 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 91
- 2.437 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.15 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.89 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.518 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.05 km SE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.543 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 79 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.39 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.326 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 1.545 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 88 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.78 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 81 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.717 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 68 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.62 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.929 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 76 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.931 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 74 km deep · 65 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.715 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.64 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.73 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.35 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.35 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2,970 · tsunami flag
- 2.37 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.96 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 54 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.78 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 79 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.728 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 87 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.028 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.814 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.930 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 99 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.615 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 65 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.52 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.516 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 71 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.522 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 76 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.828 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 83 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.729 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.634 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 57 km deep · 43 km away
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