M1.6 earthquake 12 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 12 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska on Sat, Oct 16, 2021, 12:53 PM AKDT (20:53 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 27 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-16 20:53:15 UTC
- Depth
- 47.7 km (29.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.145° N, 151.526° 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
- 57
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 192 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1809 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 1.634 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 80 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.211 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 51 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.87 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.933 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.811 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 46 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.022 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 62 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1809 days ago · 96 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.953 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 97 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.511 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 46 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 46 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 110 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 104 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.269 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 105 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.717 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.745 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 66 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.66 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.812 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 47 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.260 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 109 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.161 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 93 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.886 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 124 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 83 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 96 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.844 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 96 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 95 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1806 days ago · 112 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.223 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.769 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.629 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.640 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.718 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 63 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.541 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.017 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 52 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.07 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.427 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 7
- 1.861 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 97 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.731 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 88 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.826 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 85 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.359 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 95 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.869 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 122 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.628 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.738 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 75 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.520 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.614 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 76 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 95 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.743 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 94 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.745 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 88 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.865 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 113 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.837 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 77 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.725 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 75 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 103 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.911 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 92 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.622 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.260 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.77 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 70 km deep · 10 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.53 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 62 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.310 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 48 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.712 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 54 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 221 · tsunami flag
- 1.662 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 100 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.732 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.855 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.83 km ESE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 48 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 1.611 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.960 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 101 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.726 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.950 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 120 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 84 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.535 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 74 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 65 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.346 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.556 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 87 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 72 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.546 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 79 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.248 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 96 km deep · 61 km away
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