M2.1 earthquake 36 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 36 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Jan 12, 2019, 7:47 AM AKST (16:47 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 46 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-12 16:47:58 UTC
- Depth
- 63.9 km (39.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.467° N, 152.533° 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
- 60
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 166 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.310 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.943 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 149 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.719 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 66 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.240 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 67 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.534 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 129 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.563 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 133 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 2819 days ago · 87 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.452 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 106 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.249 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 125 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.544 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
- 1.948 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 114 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.964 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 110 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 79 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 74 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.660 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 94 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.767 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 115 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.619 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 47 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.762 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 90 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.357 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 80 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.070 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 119 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.332 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 73 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.246 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 95 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 81 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.545 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 83 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.673 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 85 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.963 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 96 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.940 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 91 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.556 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 133 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.778 km SW of Nanwalek, AK · 2817 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.145 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 159 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.659 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 97 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 67 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.742 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 92 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.638 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 90 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.762 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 102 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.836 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 123 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.664 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 127 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.67 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 55 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.551 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.648 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 88 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.712 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.967 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 68 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.061 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 95 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 63 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.132 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.549 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 106 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.565 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 103 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.441 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 120 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.840 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 115 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.158 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 93 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.824 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 68 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.644 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 124 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.733 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 68 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.810 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.345 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 96 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 1.59 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.757 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 143 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.522 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 51 km deep · 46 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.864 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 110 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.753 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 109 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 98 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.631 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 77 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.494 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.186 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.855 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 115 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 121 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.780 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 119 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.530 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.754 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 129 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.925 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 104 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.941 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 144 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.846 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 106 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 1.624 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 69 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.849 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 95 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.046 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 110 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.525 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 67 km deep · 28 km away
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