M1.7 earthquake 97 km SE of Chignik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 97 km SE of Chignik, Alaska on Mon, Aug 16, 2021, 4:08 AM AKDT (12:08 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 93 km SSE of Perryville, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-16 12:08:18 UTC
- Depth
- 6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.664° N, 157.311° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Automatic solution, may be revised
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.893 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.8163 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.5130 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9103 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 48 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.942 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.665 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1143 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.860 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.5155 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.987 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.6147 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.960 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.4170 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.386 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9144 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.3132 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.5136 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.7138 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.274 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.377 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.387 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.0158 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.5152 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1851 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.7144 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1144 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 47 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.659 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.663 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0123 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.6166 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1161 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.892 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1161 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.675 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.985 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1131 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.064 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.0169 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.7146 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.8137 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.3144 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.141 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.6136 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.769 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0122 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.990 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.7131 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5161 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.3158 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.9135 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.4138 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.8140 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.2119 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.6153 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.2139 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.3164 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.9118 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.5116 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
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