M1.8 earthquake 43 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 43 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska on Sun, Sep 26, 2021, 6:21 PM AKDT (02:21 UTC), 46 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 47 km SW of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-27 02:21:19 UTC
- Depth
- 45.6 km (28.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 56.784° N, 154.821° 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: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.247 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.514 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.179 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.1101 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.869 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.732 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.793 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.920 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.098 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.529 km WSW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.490 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.81 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.682 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.5114 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.389 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.797 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.796 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.026 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.465 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.932 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.769 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 88 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.055 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 41 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.645 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.127 km E of Akhiok, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.646 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 52 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.711 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.886 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.232 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.511 km ESE of Karluk, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.586 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2109 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.172 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.6106 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 31 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.3114 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 77 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.124 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 49 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.947 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.4103 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.939 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.070 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 76 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.162 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.9116 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.128 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 61 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.073 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.828 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.721 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.982 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.635 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.516 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.618 km SW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.519 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.632 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.642 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.069 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 60 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.3102 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.527 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.530 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 52 km deep · 65 km away
The first 60 of 87.
Before
- 1.646 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.394 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 75 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.7118 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.154 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.462 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.995 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.026 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.718 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 53 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.7105 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9128 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.035 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.4101 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.4102 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.953 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 61 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.771 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.732 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.5105 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.690 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.585 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.659 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
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