M1.8 earthquake 34 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 34 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska on Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 10:36 PM AKDT (06:36 UTC), 49 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 43 km WNW of Akhiok, 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-15 06:36:14 UTC
- Depth
- 48.5 km (30.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.127° N, 154.627° 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
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.019 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 44 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.829 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 43 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.272 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.211 km WNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.619 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.879 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 53 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.887 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 76 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.149 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.523 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.124 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.270 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 84 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.766 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.966 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.295 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.333 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 47 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.770 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.620 km SSE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.783 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.773 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.234 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.135 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.440 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.932 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 38 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.49 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.062 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 66 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.858 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.064 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 51 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.129 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.023 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.537 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.343 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 63 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 57 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.889 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 1953 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.021 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.8104 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.571 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.272 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.975 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
Before
- 1.756 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 46 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.616 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 61 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.759 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.527 km SE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.946 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.536 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.526 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 71 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.917 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 85 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.550 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.962 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 97 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.687 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.3100 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.542 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.9115 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.657 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 56 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.659 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.929 km WSW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.925 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 59 km deep · 26 km away
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