M1.5 earthquake 16 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 16 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska on Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 9:31 PM AKST (06:31 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 57 km WNW 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-13 06:31:08 UTC
- Depth
- 43.9 km (27.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.088° N, 154.258° 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
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 93 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.619 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.65 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 62 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.631 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.712 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.157 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.719 km W of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 37 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.071 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 88 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.534 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.924 km W of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.630 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.024 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.917 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.959 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.385 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.560 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.761 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.941 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.579 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 57 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.546 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.539 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.635 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.677 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 74 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.010 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 51 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.013 km W of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 43 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.337 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 62 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.989 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.357 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 50 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 9 · tsunami flag
- 2.156 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 53 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.556 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 50 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 60 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 61 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 60 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 57 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.156 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 58 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.057 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 60 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.156 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 57 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 55 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.256 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 58 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.156 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 47 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.655 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.855 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 47 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.655 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 46 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.810 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 62 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 57 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.757 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 56 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 49 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.559 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.515 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.557 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 50 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.143 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.566 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.766 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.870 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
The first 60 of 93.
Before
- 1.722 km E of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.257 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.681 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.843 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 55 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.835 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 49 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.568 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.914 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 58 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.754 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 55 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.625 km WSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.943 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.519 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.129 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 50 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.911 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 83 · tsunami flag
- 1.662 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.068 km S of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.655 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.288 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 83 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.948 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.426 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
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