M1.8 earthquake 16 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 16 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska on Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 11:54 PM AKST (08:54 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 41 km WNW of Nanwalek, 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
- 2021-01-31 08:54:07 UTC
- Depth
- 49.8 km (30.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.446° N, 151.275° 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
- 39
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 111 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.050 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.756 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 85 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.253 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 87 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.952 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.633 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.653 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 95 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.629 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.714 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.655 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.715 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.948 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.149 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.844 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 84 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.861 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.519 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 61 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.565 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 102 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.825 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.646 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 85 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.638 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.821 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 69 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.854 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.615 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 61 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.61 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 65 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.829 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.818 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 80 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.125 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 77 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.316 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.521 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 82 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.052 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 85 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.624 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 68 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.518 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.612 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 56 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 14
- 1.527 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.041 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.916 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.540 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.54 km WSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.664 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 101 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.535 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.859 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 104 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.643 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 74 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.535 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.64 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.642 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 69 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 82 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.563 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.651 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.128 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.917 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.79 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 55 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.643 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.841 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.438 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.24 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 90 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 69 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.321 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 52 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.738 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.745 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.722 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 100 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.710 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 44 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.321 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 45 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 51 · tsunami flag
- 1.615 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 55 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.82 km W of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
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