M1.9 earthquake 15 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 15 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska on Thu, Aug 5, 2021, 7:59 PM AKDT (03:59 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 5 km SSW of Kasilof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-06 03:59:00 UTC
- Depth
- 51.1 km (31.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.198° N, 151.123° 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
- 69
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 132 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.521 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 56 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.920 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 71 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.113 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.911 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.070 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 114 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.812 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 100 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.034 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.83 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 102 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.516 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.614 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 55 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.256 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 110 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 105 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.616 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 73 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.557 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 96 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.19 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 79 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.737 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 91 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.611 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 89 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.93 km NNE of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.521 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.311 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 74 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.922 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 54 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.553 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 91 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.810 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.649 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 97 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.128 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.517 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 73 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.317 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 83 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.242 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 98 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 90 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.56 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 57 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.925 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.422 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.280 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 113 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 107 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.869 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 122 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.614 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.618 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.614 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.946 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 94 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.937 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.111 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.821 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 55 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.859 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 101 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 55 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.516 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 83 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.617 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.433 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.69 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.710 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1872 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.739 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.561 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 108 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 113 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.01 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 87 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.44 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 64 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.527 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 83 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.041 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 88 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.125 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 91 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.536 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.724 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.86 km SW of Fox River, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.723 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.58 km NNW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 47 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.845 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 79 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.54 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 25
- 1.57 km SSW of Kenai, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 62 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.64 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 52 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.373 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 133 km deep · 98 km away
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