M1.5 earthquake 40 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 40 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska on Sun, Aug 29, 2021, 9:56 AM AKDT (17:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 50 km E of Whittier, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-29 17:56:37 UTC
- Depth
- 9.5 km (5.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.394° N, 147.693° 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
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.048 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.547 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.350 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.750 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.518 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.552 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.756 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.950 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.017 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.647 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.537 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.044 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.044 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.064 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.733 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.844 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.224 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.425 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.644 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.038 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.647 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.531 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.521 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.530 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.557 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.918 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.77 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.759 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1Gulf of Alaska · 1822 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.179 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.711 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.617 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.849 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.050 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.865 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.629 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.550 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.656 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.558 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.525 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.635 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.533 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.542 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.654 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.926 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.635 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.739 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.614 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.526 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.537 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.051 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.051 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.824 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.743 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.257 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.59 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
The first 60 of 61.
Before
- 1.658 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.522 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.553 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.359 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.415 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
- 1.523 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.012 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.684 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.616 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.621 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.835 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.834 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.521 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.950 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.513 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.93 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.552 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.545 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.526 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
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