M1.6 earthquake 7 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 7 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska on Thu, Sep 2, 2021, 2:09 PM AKDT (22:09 UTC), 71 km (44 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
- 2021-09-02 22:09:36 UTC
- Depth
- 71.0 km (44.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.925° N, 151.852° 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
- 30
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.650 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 105 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.946 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 109 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.938 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 85 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.028 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.640 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.641 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 112 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.147 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 95 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.332 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.538 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 79 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 80 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.625 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 68 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.654 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 96 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.516 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 52 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 91 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.453 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 108 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.649 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 127 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.760 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 109 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.635 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 77 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 111 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.839 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 161 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.527 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 63 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.639 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 134 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.555 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 99 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.271 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 116 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.764 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 118 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 123 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.637 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 99 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.085 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 146 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.253 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 118 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.053 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 85 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.065 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 112 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.039 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 143 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 80 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 101 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.95 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 51 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.045 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 82 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.840 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 81 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.362 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 96 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.324 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.754 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 102 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.010 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 57 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 95 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.130 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 123 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 62 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.95 km SSW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 39 · tsunami flag
- 1.94 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 58 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 1.858 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 100 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.042 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 75 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.835 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.524 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 87 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.741 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 84 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.538 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 86 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.24 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 54 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.866 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 110 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.259 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 108 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 98 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.753 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 127 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.874 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 118 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 97 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.237 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 69 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.528 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 73 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.555 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.751 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 106 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.351 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 79 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.438 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 136 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.50 km SSE of Sterling, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.950 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 116 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.153 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 97 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 67 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.78 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.159 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 84 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.237 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 89 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.846 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 118 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.568 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 129 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.842 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 85 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.612 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.431 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 144 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.853 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 127 km deep · 83 km away
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