M1.8 earthquake 47 km WSW of Venetie, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 47 km WSW of Venetie, Alaska on Mon, Nov 15, 2021, 5:21 PM AKST (02:21 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 northern Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-16 02:21:54 UTC
- Depth
- 20.1 km (12.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 66.824° N, 147.382° 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
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.537 km WSW of Venetie, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.529 km NNE of Beaver, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.44 km SSW of Venetie, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.716 km SSE of Venetie, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.77 km SW of Venetie, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.46 km SW of Venetie, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.3northern Alaska · 1768 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
- 2.84 km SW of Venetie, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.65 km SSW of Venetie, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.78 km WSW of Venetie, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.310 km SW of Venetie, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.540 km NNE of Beaver, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Beaver, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.66 km W of Venetie, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.629 km SW of Beaver, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.626 km SSE of Venetie, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021ep9aji5. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:52 PM UTC.