Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 6 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 6 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska on Tue, Apr 6, 2021, 12:21 PM AKDT (20:21 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 2 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-06 20:21:00 UTC
Depth
64.5 km (40.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.230° N, 151.273° 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
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.264 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 107 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.518 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 83 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 1.616 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 85 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 1.649 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.78 km N of Port Graham, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.541 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 88 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.937 km W of Seward, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.569 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 112 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.679 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 120 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.532 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 91 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.865 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 117 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.545 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 97 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.61 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 1.932 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 84 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.619 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 2.029 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 54 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 2.521 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 4
  20. 1.728 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 70 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 1.952 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 94 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 2.242 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 2.065 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 114 km deep · 86 km away
  24. 1.85 km NNW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 61 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 1.938 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 86 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 1.567 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 96 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 1.968 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 112 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 2.521 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 74 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 1.831 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 79 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 1.869 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 124 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 2.112 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 2.564 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 106 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 2.741 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 2.010 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 1.618 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 65 km deep · 34 km away
  36. 1.839 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 89 km deep · 54 km away
  37. 2.040 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 84 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 1.844 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 2.023 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 63 km deep · 32 km away
  40. 1.914 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 70 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 2.211 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 1.547 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 86 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 1.724 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 88 km deep · 54 km away
  44. 2.255 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 2.210 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 54 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 2.360 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 106 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 1.562 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 103 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 1.514 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 2.158 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 102 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 1.952 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 99 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 1.633 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 1.616 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 1.726 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 1.649 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 1.842 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 91 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 1.745 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 2.049 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 98 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 1.533 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 75 km deep · 59 km away
  59. 1.557 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 1.619 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 60 km deep · 41 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.665 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 114 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.658 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 98 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.666 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.642 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 82 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.526 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 83 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.320 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 74 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 1.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 115 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 1.62 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 56 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 1.533 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.256 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 104 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.866 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 112 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.953 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.726 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 77 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 1.870 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 122 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.55 km SE of Kenai, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 67 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 1.644 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 88 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.838 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 74 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 2.03 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 70 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 1.57 km NNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 60 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 1.623 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 74 km deep · 65 km away

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