M2.1 earthquake 37 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 37 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska on Sat, Aug 28, 2021, 11:06 PM AKDT (07:06 UTC), 72 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 62 km NW of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-29 07:06:31 UTC
- Depth
- 71.5 km (44.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 57.407° N, 154.996° 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
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.57 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.957 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.873 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 80 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.957 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 46 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.975 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.750 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.880 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 74 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.562 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 83 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.75 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.798 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.831 km E of Akhiok, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 1846 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.574 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 71 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.080 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.585 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.776 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.690 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.732 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 43 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.674 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 99 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.963 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 94 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.771 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 61 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.575 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 95 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.953 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 61 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.4102 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.4101 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.269 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 137 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1840 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1838 days ago · 130 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7105 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.718 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.779 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.837 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.671 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.754 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.026 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 70 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.860 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.995 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.676 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.774 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.154 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.394 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.849 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 83 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.086 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.646 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.843 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.247 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 45 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.514 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.179 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.075 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 82 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.869 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.561 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.267 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.356 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1818 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.659 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1818 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
The first 60 of 121.
Before
- 2.893 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.421 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 40 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.6111 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.484 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.588 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.986 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.396 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.686 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 61 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 56 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.792 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.925 km SE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.776 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 96 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.2111 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 67 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.688 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.763 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.773 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.155 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1859 days ago · 87 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.089 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 100 km deep · 69 km away
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