Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 22 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 22 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska on Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 7:34 PM AKDT (03:34 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 35 km NE of Chase, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-18 03:34:42 UTC
Depth
19.4 km (12.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.976° N, 148.829° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 187 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.951 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 31 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 1.520 km ESE of Chase, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.560 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.911 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.98 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.815 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 37 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 1.64 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.66 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.00 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.70 km NNE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.770 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.57 km E of Talkeetna, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 2.27 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.717 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.75 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.27 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.612 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 1.86 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.59 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.511 km S of Willow, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 2.010 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 58 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.89 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 1.759 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 3.21 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 18
  25. 1.671 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 2.42 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.058 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 1.626 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 2.322 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  30. 2.76 km WSW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
  31. 1.617 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
  32. 1.645 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  33. 1.937 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 47 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 2.015 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
  35. 1.626 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 1.812 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 2.15 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  38. 2.047 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 1.611 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 1.515 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 1.539 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 1.643 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  43. 1.653 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 2.17 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.61 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  46. 2.019 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 40 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 1.529 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 52 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 2.013 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.175 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 1.514 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away
  51. 1.648 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 1.550 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  53. 1.632 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 1.520 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 2.79 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 30
  56. 1.69 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  57. 2.362 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 1.511 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  59. 1.55 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 1.622 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 187.

Before

  1. 1.525 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.22 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.82 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.514 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 65 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 2.911 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.517 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.752 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1835 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.525 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 32 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 1.520 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.58 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.637 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 1.851 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 3.43 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 25
  15. 2.469 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 2.418 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 1.849 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.55 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.8Central Alaska · 1842 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 2.316 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021bzp99ar. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC.