M1.6 earthquake 56 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 56 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska on Tue, Oct 12, 2021, 8:45 PM AKDT (04:45 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 26 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-13 04:45:12 UTC
- Depth
- 16.2 km (10.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.534° N, 147.639° 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
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.558 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.525 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.635 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.533 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.542 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.654 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.926 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.635 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.739 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.614 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.526 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.537 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.051 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.051 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.824 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.743 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.257 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.59 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.612 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.056 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.854 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.744 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.440 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 2.843 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.613 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.510 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.750 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.641 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.619 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.541 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.644 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.539 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.742 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.747 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.74 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.526 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.532 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.652 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.911 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.725 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.59 km S of Valdez, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.728 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.942 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.859 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.133 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.144 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.855 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1769 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.837 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.618 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.912 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.530 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.558 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.552 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.511 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.640 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
The first 60 of 86.
Before
- 1.550 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.629 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.865 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.050 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.849 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.617 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.753 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.711 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.759 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.77 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.918 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.557 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.530 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.521 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.531 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.647 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.124 km NNW of Cordova, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57 km ESE of Sunrise, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.038 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
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