Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 18 km N of Willow, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 18 km N of Willow, Alaska on Sun, Jun 20, 2021, 11:27 PM AKDT (07:27 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.3 30 km WNW of Willow, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-21 07:27:45 UTC
Depth
8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.909° N, 150.082° 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
14

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 117 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.635 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.95 km S of Houston, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 1.95 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.8Central Alaska · 1923 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 2.117 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.617 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 2.920 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 102 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.47 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.813 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.632 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 2.014 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 1.622 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.819 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 68 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 1.518 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.56 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 1.724 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 1.842 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 1.62 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 1.621 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 1.716 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 1.77 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
  23. 1.615 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 1.97 km S of Willow, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 1.718 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 2.15 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 2.038 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 108 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 1.817 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 41 km deep · 32 km away
  29. 1.64 km W of Eagle River, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 2.451 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 1.638 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 71 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.528 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 2.46 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 2.717 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 1.99 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
  36. 1.635 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 1.66 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 1.67 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
  39. 1.87 km NW of Point MacKenzie, AK · 1914 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 1.7Central Alaska · 1914 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 2.1Central Alaska · 1914 days ago · 87 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 2.524 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 2.219 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 1.94 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
  45. 1.936 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 91 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 2.321 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.628 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away
  48. 3.08 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 41 km deep · 25 km away
  49. 1.916 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 1.518 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
  51. 1.711 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  52. 1.722 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 56 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 1.87 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  54. 1.722 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 1.661 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 2.346 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 2.420 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.015 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
  59. 1.920 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 81 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 3.322 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 88 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.525 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.714 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 1.741 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 1.57 km SSE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.751 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.834 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 1.530 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 1.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.631 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 61 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 1.77 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 1.527 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 1.823 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 97 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.113 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 1.713 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 2.416 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 1.714 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 2.38 km W of Willow, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 2.622 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 1.611 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 78 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.636 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away

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