Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 10 km S of Funny River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 10 km S of Funny River, Alaska on Sun, Mar 7, 2021, 8:36 AM AKST (17:36 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 2 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-03-07 17:36:36 UTC
Depth
36.8 km (22.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.413° N, 150.730° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
24

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 125 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.89 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.03 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.545 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 88 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.527 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 81 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.79 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 1.719 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 55 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 2.042 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 89 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.838 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.912 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 54 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.823 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.818 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 53 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 1.736 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 85 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.835 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 1.629 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 1.613 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 59 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 1.625 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 3.127 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 77 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  19. 2.05 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 1.711 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 1.519 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 80 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 1.67 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
  23. 1.625 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 83 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 1.624 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 80 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 2.058 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 113 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 2.02 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 1.64 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 1.658 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 1.627 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 1.510 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 69 km deep · 35 km away
  31. 1.656 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 93 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 1.616 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 1.59 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 1.638 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
  35. 1.86 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 1.755 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.026 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 1.62 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 2.624 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 2.119 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 61 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 1.94 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 66 km deep · 39 km away
  42. 2.143 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 88 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 1.631 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 1.912 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 1.512 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
  46. 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 1.516 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away
  48. 1.815 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 1.64 km ESE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 1.918 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away
  51. 2.068 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 95 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 1.512 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 1.721 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
  54. 1.934 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 83 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 1.56 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
  56. 1.646 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 91 km deep · 83 km away
  57. 2.421 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 59 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 1.742 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 81 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 1.545 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 88 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 1.920 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.86 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.320 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 86 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 2.1Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.055 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 86 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 1.821 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 73 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.228 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 61 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 1.743 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 98 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.552 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 94 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.819 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 64 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 2.821 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 144 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.531 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.934 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.67 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 61 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 1.641 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.121 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.4Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 44 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 2.130 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 1.721 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.646 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 86 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.528 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away

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