M1.6 earthquake 66 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 66 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska on Mon, Aug 30, 2021, 2:23 AM AKDT (10:23 UTC), 112 km (70 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
- 2021-08-30 10:23:10 UTC
- Depth
- 112.4 km (69.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.066° N, 152.907° 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
- 76
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 194 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.134 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 122 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.853 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 127 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.431 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 144 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.663 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 116 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.548 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 85 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.160 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 98 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.568 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 129 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.846 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 118 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.237 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 89 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.159 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 84 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.153 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 97 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.950 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 116 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.438 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 136 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.351 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 79 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.751 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 106 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.555 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.528 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 73 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.237 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 69 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 105 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.946 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 109 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.938 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 85 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.641 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 112 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.147 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 95 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.332 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 75 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.538 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 79 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 80 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.625 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.654 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 96 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 91 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.453 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 108 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.649 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 127 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.760 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 109 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.635 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 77 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 111 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.839 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 161 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.527 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.639 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 134 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.555 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 99 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.271 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 116 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.764 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 118 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 123 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 99 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.085 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 146 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.253 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 118 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.053 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 85 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.065 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 112 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.288 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 137 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.039 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 143 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 80 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 101 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.95 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.045 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.840 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 81 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.950 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 119 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.362 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 96 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.324 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.754 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 102 km deep · 22 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.638 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.354 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 99 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.763 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 86 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.533 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 126 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.645 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 113 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 117 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.152 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.643 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 127 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.836 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 73 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 1853 days ago · 76 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.649 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 94 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.114 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 84 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.065 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.715 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.088 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 130 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.651 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 104 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.245 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 143 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.065 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 97 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.713 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
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