M1.5 earthquake 5 km SE of Kenai, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 5 km SE of Kenai, Alaska on Sat, Apr 3, 2021, 1:56 PM AKDT (21:56 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 2 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-03 21:56:10 UTC
- Depth
- 67.4 km (41.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.517° N, 151.190° 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
- 56
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 179 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.726 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 77 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.953 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 102 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.256 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 104 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.880 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 130 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.62 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.821 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 115 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.683 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 126 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.320 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 74 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.526 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 83 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 82 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.870 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 113 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 98 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.56 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.264 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 107 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.518 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 83 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.616 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 85 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.937 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.679 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 120 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 91 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.545 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 97 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1998 days ago · 116 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.61 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 73 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 73 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.029 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 54 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.521 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 4
- 1.728 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 70 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 92 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.952 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 94 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.065 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 114 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.85 km NNW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 61 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.938 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 86 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.567 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 96 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.521 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 74 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.831 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 79 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.112 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.741 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.010 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.618 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 65 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.839 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 89 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.040 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 84 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.023 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.914 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.211 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 63 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.547 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 86 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.724 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 88 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.210 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 54 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.360 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 106 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.514 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 70 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 57 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.726 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 66 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 99 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.842 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 91 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.745 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.664 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 102 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 98 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.533 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.133 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 82 km deep · 96 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.644 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 88 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.838 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.03 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 70 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.57 km NNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 60 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.623 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 74 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.424 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 63 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.570 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 121 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.814 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 74 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.848 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 102 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.515 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.910 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.741 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 88 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.049 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 85 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 83 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.885 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 99 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.021 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 86 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
- 1.824 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 55 km deep · 45 km away
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