M1.8 earthquake 85 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 85 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska on Wed, Jan 6, 2021, 10:52 AM AKST (19:52 UTC), 93 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 72 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-06 19:52:05 UTC
- Depth
- 92.7 km (57.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 58.660° N, 153.817° 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
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 153 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.056 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 139 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.975 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 84 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.886 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.269 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 131 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.517 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.497 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.786 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.1Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 74 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.188 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 82 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.6101 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 80 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.110 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.144 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 118 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.865 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.975 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 75 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.883 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2084 days ago · 132 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.09 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.877 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 80 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.967 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.576 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.773 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 69 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.088 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 103 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.282 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 64 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.887 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.685 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.066 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.461 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.747 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 89 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.666 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 80 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.865 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 70 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.462 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 77 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.560 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 100 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.691 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 88 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.534 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.884 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.986 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 92 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.366 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.892 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.786 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 137 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.062 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 124 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.647 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.680 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 85 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.683 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 83 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.684 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.075 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 69 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.070 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 88 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.665 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 96 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.558 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 87 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.630 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.895 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 92 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.050 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.242 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 59 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.952 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 73 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.633 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 63 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.766 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 71 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.735 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 126 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.655 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 75 km deep · 94 km away
The first 60 of 153.
Before
- 2.179 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.059 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 94 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.958 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.847 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 118 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.047 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.580 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 84 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.974 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.553 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 71 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.052 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 119 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.596 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.770 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 127 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.946 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.165 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 121 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.568 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 62 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.426 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.748 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.773 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 143 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.654 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.567 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 80 km deep · 69 km away
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