M2.4 earthquake 69 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 69 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska on Thu, Jan 21, 2016, 8:33 AM AKST (17:33 UTC), 62 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 81 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-21 17:33:26 UTC
- Depth
- 62.2 km (38.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.391° N, 153.912° 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
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.535 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.980 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3908 days ago · 73 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.966 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 100 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.170 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 87 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.075 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.978 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 89 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.178 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 124 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.998 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.2103 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.794 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 94 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.887 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3900 days ago · 68 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.662 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3900 days ago · 83 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.038 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3900 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.866 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3898 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.142 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3898 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.781 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3897 days ago · 69 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.177 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.165 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 101 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.296 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 113 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.357 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 115 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.069 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.620 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.485 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 85 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.736 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.277 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 67 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 2.956 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 111 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.970 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.217 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.470 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3888 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.532 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.953 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 124 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.991 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 98 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.174 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3881 days ago · 100 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.093 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.880 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.958 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 113 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.146 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 123 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.881 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 133 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.186 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.372 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3875 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.082 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.155 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.426 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 56 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.314 km E of Karluk, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.163 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 102 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.343 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 76 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.422 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.897 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 93 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.982 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 88 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.657 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 74 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.727 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3863 days ago · 61 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.973 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3861 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.798 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.778 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.778 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.361 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 106 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.979 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.857 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 125 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of 64.
Before
- 1.984 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.178 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3911 days ago · 126 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.082 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 77 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.918 km SSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3913 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.183 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3913 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.784 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3913 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.697 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3914 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.782 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.676 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.159 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3917 days ago · 102 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.985 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3917 days ago · 86 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.793 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.892 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.332 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.175 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3920 days ago · 113 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.157 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.146 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.677 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 70 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.4Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3924 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.229 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3924 days ago · 77 km deep · 80 km away
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