Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 17 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 17 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska on Tue, Jun 8, 2021, 5:21 AM AKDT (13:21 UTC), 70 km (44 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 25 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-08 13:21:12 UTC
Depth
70.2 km (43.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
60.102° N, 151.212° 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
27

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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 92 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.048 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.578 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 129 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.526 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 77 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 1.620 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 71 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.85 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 60 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 1.943 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 85 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.745 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 74 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.510 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 67 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 1.77 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 52 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.530 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.016 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 2.118 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.737 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 77 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.543 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.64 km N of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 1.514 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 2.513 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.744 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 89 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.650 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 92 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.533 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.942 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 91 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 1.511 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 54 km deep · 15 km away
  23. 2.311 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 56 km deep · 19 km away
  24. 1.674 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 120 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 1.823 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 74 km deep · 85 km away
  26. 1.965 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 117 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 1.558 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 99 km deep · 100 km away
  28. 2.920 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 64 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.015 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 1.62 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 1.559 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 91 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 1.826 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 92 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 1.628 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 96 km deep · 71 km away
  34. 1.948 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 1.854 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 1.712 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 1.558 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 106 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 1.937 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 2.213 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 48 km deep · 34 km away
  42. 2.646 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 82 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 2.561 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 95 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 97 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 1.96 km SE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away
  46. 1.956 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 105 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 1.621 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 1.89 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 2.766 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 113 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.173 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 121 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 1.814 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 57 km deep · 27 km away
  52. 1.814 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
  53. 1.87 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 1.811 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
  55. 2.155 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 87 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 1.847 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 81 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 2.053 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 92 km deep · 76 km away
  58. 2.175 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 112 km deep · 99 km away
  59. 1.847 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 88 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 2.338 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 93 km deep · 54 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.539 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.838 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.272 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 127 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.147 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.624 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.958 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 86 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.848 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 104 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.572 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 120 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 45 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 1.631 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 39 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 1.721 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 71 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 1.649 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 89 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.666 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 99 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.64 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 1.81 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.524 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.14 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away

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