M1.5 earthquake 26 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 26 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska on Sun, Oct 24, 2021, 6:21 AM AKDT (14:21 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 51 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-24 14:21:20 UTC
- Depth
- 9.1 km (5.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.571° N, 148.434° 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
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 88 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.537 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.051 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.051 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.824 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.743 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.257 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.59 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.612 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.056 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.854 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.744 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.440 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 1.810 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.843 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.613 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.510 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.750 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.77 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.641 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.619 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.541 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.644 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.539 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.514 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.15 km ENE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.742 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Seward, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.747 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.624 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.74 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.526 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.532 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.652 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.911 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.725 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.728 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.942 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.859 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.133 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.144 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.855 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1769 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.837 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.618 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.558 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.86 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.511 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.318 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.640 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.515 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.512 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.749 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.657 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.739 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.545 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
The first 60 of 88.
Before
- 1.614 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.739 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.520 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.926 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.654 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.542 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.56 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.635 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.525 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.656 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.531 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.821 km SSE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.73 km W of Hope, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 6
- 1.550 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.629 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.050 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.849 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
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