Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 15 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska on Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 4:00 AM AKDT (12:00 UTC), 43 km (27 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-08-22 12:00:41 UTC
Depth
42.9 km (26.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.408° N, 150.056° 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
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 149 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.626 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.543 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 37 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 1.94 km NNW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.520 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 54 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 1.564 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.523 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.524 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 1.97 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.415 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 5
  10. 1.624 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.023 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.522 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.713 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.112 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.613 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 1.715 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.226 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 2.114 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.620 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 2.012 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 1.511 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 1.715 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 1.79 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 1.621 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 1.717 km SE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  28. 1.916 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 1.612 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 51 km deep · 55 km away
  30. 1.812 km SE of Beluga, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 1.78 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 83 km deep · 71 km away
  32. 1.622 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
  33. 1.50 km SSE of Sterling, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 1.516 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 45 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 1.821 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 39 km deep · 11 km away
  36. 1.640 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 1.518 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 1.510 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 54 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 1.64 km SSE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 1.516 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 2.313 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 48 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 1.926 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 1.723 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 2.328 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 1.95 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 3.324 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 1.99 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.010 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
  49. 2.52 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 2.615 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 40 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  52. 3.95 km SSW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 39 · tsunami flag
  53. 1.94 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.24 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 54 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 3.114 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
  56. 1.719 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 117 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 1.814 km ESE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 1.910 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 2.224 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 1.520 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 44 km deep · 48 km away

The first 60 of 149.

Before

  1. 1.612 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 42 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 1.920 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.77 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.710 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.923 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.710 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.433 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 2.617 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.116 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 55 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 1.821 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 55 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.111 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 1.516 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 1.614 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.618 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.614 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.422 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.630 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.621 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 1.521 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away

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