M1.6 earthquake 9 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 9 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska on Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 3:29 AM AKDT (11:29 UTC), 5 km (3 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
- 2021-08-19 11:29:38 UTC
- Depth
- 4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.513° N, 151.254° 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
- 31
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 94 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.710 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.77 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 61 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.920 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 99 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.650 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 84 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1864 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.53 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 53 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 93 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.850 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 53 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.551 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 88 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.543 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.956 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.520 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.517 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 70 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.550 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.524 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.58 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 54 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.93 km ENE of Kachemak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 1.97 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 59 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.244 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 96 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 96 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.845 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.257 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 100 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.833 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.03 km SE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 52 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.556 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 100 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.615 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 62 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 5
- 2.345 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 86 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.065 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 97 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.911 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.124 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.114 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 63 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.649 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 94 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 1856 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.836 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.152 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.763 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 86 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.638 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.621 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.612 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 85 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.842 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.159 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 84 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.351 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.528 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 73 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.237 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.046 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.555 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.433 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.876 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.516 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 55 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.946 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 94 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.256 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.56 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 57 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.558 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.513 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.317 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 83 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.659 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.642 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 46 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.543 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.565 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 110 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1871 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.649 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 97 km deep · 95 km away
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