M1.8 earthquake 31 km WNW of Ester, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 31 km WNW of Ester, Alaska on Fri, Aug 6, 2021, 4:26 AM AKDT (12:26 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 16 km E of Livengood, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-06 12:26:31 UTC
- Depth
- 18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 64.916° N, 148.650° 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
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.416 km E of Livengood, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.829 km ENE of Livengood, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.848 km E of Anderson, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.834 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.813 km SE of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.08 km NE of Badger, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.83 km S of Fox, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.017 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.935 km E of Minto, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.614 km ENE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 1.736 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.612 km E of Fox, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.517 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.18 km NW of Anderson, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 2.049 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.518 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.719 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.014 km NW of Ferry, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 139 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.826 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.93 km SSE of Badger, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.516 km S of Minto, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 1.51 km SW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 1880 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.815 km W of Salcha, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.729 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.814 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Two Rivers, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.79 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.520 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.812 km E of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.815 km SE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.557 km S of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.6northern Alaska · 1897 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.56 km NNW of Moose Creek, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.59 km W of Two Rivers, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.930 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
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