M1.6 earthquake 11 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 11 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska on Sat, Oct 9, 2021, 6:22 PM AKDT (02:22 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 12 km SSW of Clam Gulch, 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
- 2021-10-10 02:22:39 UTC
- Depth
- 45.1 km (28.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.730° N, 151.084° 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
- 46
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 110 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.736 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.019 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1814 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.850 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 54 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.532 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.821 km SSE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1813 days ago · 85 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.950 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.752 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 85 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.01 km N of Funny River, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.345 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.729 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 84 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 100 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.028 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 80 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.67 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.922 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 56 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.825 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 70 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.740 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 85 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.248 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 96 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.546 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.346 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 65 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.535 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 74 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 84 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.731 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.726 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 83 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.611 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 58 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.83 km ESE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.855 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.732 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.712 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 54 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 221 · tsunami flag
- 2.310 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.53 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.612 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1807 days ago · 82 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 2.211 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 51 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.87 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.933 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.811 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.022 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.953 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 97 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 46 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.717 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 62 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.745 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.66 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 45 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.812 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.524 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 96 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.844 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 96 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 95 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.223 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.629 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.640 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.718 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.844 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.919 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.511 km WSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 65 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.621 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.513 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.145 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.537 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 82 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.725 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.615 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 72 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.718 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.752 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.951 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.343 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 78 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.751 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.335 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.932 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 1.944 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 91 km deep · 90 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021d02evqi. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:52 PM UTC.