M1.5 earthquake 140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska on Thu, Jul 15, 2021, 10:42 AM AKDT (18:42 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 154 km S of False Pass, 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
- 2021-07-15 18:42:03 UTC
- Depth
- 38.5 km (23.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.296° N, 164.175° 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
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 150 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.880 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.0152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 54 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.794 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.2144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.791 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.777 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.073 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.594 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.087 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.1104 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 51 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.094 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.4152 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8148 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.743 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.294 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.5100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.562 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.277 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.4109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.870 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.996 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6169 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.1147 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.9146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.8151 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.9194 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9100 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8110 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.7149 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.4south of Alaska · 1883 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.5168 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.695 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2171 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.986 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.596 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.2110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.642 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.9116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.3118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.6104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.874 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1148 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.897 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.6100 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.6157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.196 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 53 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
The first 60 of 150.
Before
- 4.289 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.799 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.991 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.678 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9123 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.5103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.969 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9159 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.5184 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.4162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.8141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.992 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.792 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.793 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.080 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
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