M2.1 earthquake 14 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 14 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska on Sat, Aug 28, 2021, 1:44 PM AKDT (21:44 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 12 km SSW of Clam Gulch, 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-28 21:44:28 UTC
- Depth
- 63.3 km (39.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.102° N, 151.405° 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
- 72
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 152 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.620 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.649 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 94 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.012 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 1860 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.836 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 73 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 117 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.763 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.354 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 99 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.638 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.666 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 112 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.621 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.916 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.612 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 51 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.568 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 129 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.237 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 89 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.78 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 83 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 67 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.50 km SSE of Sterling, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.516 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.821 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.351 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.528 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 73 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.237 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 69 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 71 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 105 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.938 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 85 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.640 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.147 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 95 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.332 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 75 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.538 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 79 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 80 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.625 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.516 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 91 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.760 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.635 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 77 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 111 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.527 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.271 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 116 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.764 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 118 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 123 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 99 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.085 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 146 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.053 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 85 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.065 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 112 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.723 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 78 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 101 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.95 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 51 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.045 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 82 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.362 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 96 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.324 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 66 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.754 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 102 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.010 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 57 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 95 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 62 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.615 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 1.534 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 78 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.95 km SSW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 60 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 39 · tsunami flag
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.226 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 84 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.715 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 66 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.088 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 130 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.911 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.613 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.713 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.843 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 83 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 86 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.615 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5
- 2.164 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 116 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.543 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 89 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.03 km SE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 52 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.257 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.845 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 96 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.244 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 96 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.344 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 90 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.97 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 59 km deep · 13 km away
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