M1.7 earthquake 11 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 11 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska on Sat, Oct 16, 2021, 7:53 AM AKDT (15:53 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 14 km WNW of Larsen 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-16 15:53:30 UTC
- Depth
- 0.1 km (0.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 56.843° N, 154.221° 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
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.886 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.232 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.511 km ESE of Karluk, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.172 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.124 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.4103 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.939 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.070 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.162 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.128 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 61 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.073 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.828 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 53 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.721 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.982 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.635 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.516 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.618 km SW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.519 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.632 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.642 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.069 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 60 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.3102 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.527 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.530 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.534 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.552 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.976 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.076 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.680 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.820 km NNE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.172 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.532 km W of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.659 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 59 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.533 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.181 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1779 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.530 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 56 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.520 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.372 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.276 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.774 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.492 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.914 km WNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.513 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.359 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.833 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.549 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 37 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.637 km N of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.051 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.153 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 81 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.147 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.43 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.416 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.518 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 58 km deep · 100 km away
The first 60 of 63.
Before
- 1.646 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.127 km E of Akhiok, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.645 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.055 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.932 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.026 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.0Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.81 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.529 km WSW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.920 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.732 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.869 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.179 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.514 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.247 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.843 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.646 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.394 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 75 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.154 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.462 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 45 km deep · 51 km away
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