M1.7 earthquake Alaska Peninsula
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 5:31 AM AKDT (13:31 UTC), 85 km (53 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 67 km NNW 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-18 13:31:09 UTC
- Depth
- 85.1 km (52.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 58.018° N, 154.929° 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
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.067 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 87 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1860 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.270 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 146 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 99 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.381 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.556 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 155 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.089 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 100 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1859 days ago · 87 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.763 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 72 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.688 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.897 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.776 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 96 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.756 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1856 days ago · 123 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 61 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.686 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.571 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 130 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.484 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.421 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.137 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.57 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.768 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 131 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.873 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 80 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.770 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 126 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.957 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.750 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.880 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 74 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.562 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 83 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.75 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.678 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 95 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 1847 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.574 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.757 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 157 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.080 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 132 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.776 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.732 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.674 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 99 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.963 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 94 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.771 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.082 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 145 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.575 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 95 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.953 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.269 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 137 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1840 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.469 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 123 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1838 days ago · 130 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.260 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 144 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.259 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 153 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.718 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 53 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.779 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.837 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.026 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 70 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.774 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.849 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 83 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.086 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of 110.
Before
- 1.520 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.393 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 110 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.536 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.678 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 97 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.940 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.960 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 155 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.630 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.886 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.658 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 94 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.174 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.586 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 94 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.974 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.961 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 134 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.010 km ESE of Karluk, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.884 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.713 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.064 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.980 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 125 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.091 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.680 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 86 km deep · 68 km away
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