Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 69 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 69 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska on Wed, Sep 29, 2021, 2:22 PM AKDT (22:22 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 114 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-29 22:22:02 UTC
Depth
9.6 km (6.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.701° N, 155.212° 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
22

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.5114 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 3.389 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.797 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 2.796 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 2.4106 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.026 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 6.9112 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 320 · tsunami flag
  8. 4.2115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 3.5113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.9118 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.6115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.9114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 3.5116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 3.0117 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 3.0119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 3.0114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.1115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.3113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1807 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.3114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 2.5115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 2.5114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 2.4115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 2.4117 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 72 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 2.5114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 2.2120 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 73 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 2.4116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 2.9116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 1807 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 2.8119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 2.2118 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 2.3113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 2.4119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 2.4115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 2.5117 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 2.4115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 2.6113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 2.4116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 2.3117 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 2.6119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 2.3123 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 2.2123 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 72 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 2.3132 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 3.6113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 2.8113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 2.3113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 2.1117 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 1.782 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 79 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 2.4110 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
  50. 2.4116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 2.3113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 2.5113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 2.3115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  54. 2.2113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 2.4117 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 2.2114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 3.6115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 2.3136 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
  59. 2.4113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 2.6121 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away

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