M1.9 earthquake Alaska Peninsula
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 8:37 PM AKDT (04:37 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 63 km N 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
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-21 04:37:01 UTC
- Depth
- 87.4 km (54.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 57.565° N, 155.449° 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
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 126 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.677 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 78 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.773 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 80 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.763 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.688 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.2111 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.776 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 96 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.792 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 56 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.951 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 61 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.686 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.396 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.986 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.588 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.484 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6111 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.421 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.893 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.137 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 72 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.57 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.873 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 80 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.957 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.975 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.880 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.562 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 83 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.75 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.798 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 1847 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.574 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 71 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.757 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 157 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.080 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.585 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.776 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.690 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.732 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.674 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 99 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.963 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 94 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.771 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 61 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.575 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 95 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.953 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.4102 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.4101 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.269 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 137 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1840 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1839 days ago · 130 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.260 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 144 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7105 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.259 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 153 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.718 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 53 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.779 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.837 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.646 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.671 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.754 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.026 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 70 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.860 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.995 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
The first 60 of 126.
Before
- 2.089 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 100 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.556 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 155 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.381 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 99 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.270 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 146 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1860 days ago · 72 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.297 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 79 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.657 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.067 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 87 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1862 days ago · 85 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 74 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.393 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 110 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.536 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 54 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.763 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.940 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 51 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.960 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 155 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.630 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.630 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
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