M1.7 earthquake 56 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 56 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska on Mon, Aug 23, 2021, 5:58 AM AKDT (13:58 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 92 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-23 13:58:48 UTC
- Depth
- 64.8 km (40.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.348° N, 153.698° 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
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 97 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.956 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1867 days ago · 123 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.669 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.571 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 130 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.484 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.57 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.768 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 131 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.773 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.770 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 126 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.750 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 59 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 74 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.75 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.863 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.678 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 95 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.080 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 132 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 101 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.674 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 99 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.167 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.082 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 145 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.469 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 123 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.976 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.059 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 107 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.889 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.556 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 113 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.577 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.718 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.837 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.574 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.682 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.849 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.951 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 124 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.972 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 101 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.633 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 43 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.085 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.846 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.764 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 72 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.971 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.790 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 128 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.297 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 111 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.754 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 116 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.561 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.267 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.356 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1829 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.659 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1829 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.070 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.558 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.783 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.168 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 120 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.892 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 129 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.615 km SSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.671 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.413 km W of Womens Bay, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.883 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 73 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.989 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 90 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.779 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 71 km deep · 30 km away
The first 60 of 97.
Before
- 1.762 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 55 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.897 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.257 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 122 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.763 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.535 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.538 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 96 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.067 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 87 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1872 days ago · 85 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 124 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 111 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.536 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.659 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.678 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 97 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.176 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.770 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.688 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.942 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 63 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.760 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.783 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 73 km deep · 41 km away
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