Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 17 km SW of Whittier, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 17 km SW of Whittier, Alaska on Tue, Oct 5, 2021, 5:03 PM AKDT (01:03 UTC), 14 km (9 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-06 01:03:32 UTC
Depth
14.1 km (8.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.645° N, 148.876° 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
54

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 105 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.517 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.27 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.849 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.050 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.629 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.550 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 2.73 km W of Hope, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 6
  8. 2.019 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.821 km SSE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 1.531 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.714 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.656 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 1.525 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 1.635 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 1.56 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 2.37 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
  19. 1.725 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.542 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 1.65 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.87 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 40 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.654 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 1.511 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 1.745 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 1.520 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 1.739 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 3.427 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 7
  30. 1.520 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 1.614 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  32. 1.526 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  33. 1.612 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 1.537 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 1.53 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 2.743 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 2.257 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 1.7Southern Alaska · 1798 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  39. 1.57 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  40. 2.622 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 1.59 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 1.612 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 2.056 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 1.854 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 1.744 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 1.810 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
  48. 2.843 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  49. 1.524 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 1.510 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 1.714 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 1.750 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  53. 1.77 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
  54. 1.641 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 1.619 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  56. 1.541 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  57. 2.220 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
  58. 2.612 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 9
  59. 1.817 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
  60. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of 105.

Before

  1. 1.69 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.79 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 30
  3. 1.813 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.520 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 1.529 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.759 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.77 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.06 km E of Hope, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 1.557 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.530 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.531 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 1.647 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.42 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.21 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 43 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 18
  15. 1.812 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.89 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 48 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.27 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.27 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.70 km NNE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 2.00 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021ctfjyzk. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:03 AM UTC.