Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 104 km ENE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 104 km ENE of Chiniak, Alaska on Sun, Jul 18, 2021, 6:42 PM AKDT (02:42 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 47 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-19 02:42:39 UTC
Depth
16.5 km (10.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.978° N, 150.659° 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

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Stations used
19

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.247 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.8112 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.047 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.198 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.686 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 2.8104 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.8117 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 2.168 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 3.947 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.897 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 1.89 km NE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.359 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.9100 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 1.876 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.570 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 1.6109 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 1.991 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 2.815 km NE of Kodiak, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.114 km ENE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.492 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 2.666 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away

Before

  1. 1.796 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 2.088 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 1.562 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 1.680 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.874 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.280 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.8Gulf of Alaska · 1908 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.4136 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.758 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 1.5103 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 2.286 km E of Chiniak, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 121 km deep · 31 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02196sxd2c. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 12:35 AM UTC.