M1.6 earthquake 51 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 51 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska on Fri, Feb 26, 2021, 8:56 PM AKST (05:56 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 50 km W of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-27 05:56:41 UTC
- Depth
- 46.0 km (28.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.085° N, 154.986° 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
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 83 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.972 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.457 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 63 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.357 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 58 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.873 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.033 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 53 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.883 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 96 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.521 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.627 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.783 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.546 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.923 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.369 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.984 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.830 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 61 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.955 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 91 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.656 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 80 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 56 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2026 days ago · 70 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.057 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 61 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.413 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.266 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 93 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.754 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.685 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.865 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 62 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.518 km E of Akhiok, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.848 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 51 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.433 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.364 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.836 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 69 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.957 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.712 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.685 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.084 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 47 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.835 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 60 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.939 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 47 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.458 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 46 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.917 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.517 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.137 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 47 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.233 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.958 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2008 days ago · 65 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 59 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.925 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.974 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 53 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.929 km WSW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.586 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.657 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 56 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.9115 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.542 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3100 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.687 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.962 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 97 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.550 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
The first 60 of 84.
Before
- 2.3100 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 56 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 47 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.981 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.873 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 62 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.857 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 65 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 65 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.126 km S of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.664 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 86 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.794 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 55 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.156 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 46 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.867 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.047 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 56 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.443 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.859 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.179 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.870 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 72 km deep · 42 km away
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