Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 6 km NE of Kenai, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 6 km NE of Kenai, Alaska on Thu, Nov 18, 2021, 1:21 PM AKST (22:21 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 11 km NNE of Hope, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-11-18 22:21:52 UTC
Depth
35.4 km (22.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.593° N, 151.181° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
21

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 180 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.811 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 70 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 1.641 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 90 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.516 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 48 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 1.730 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 70 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 1.613 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.842 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 85 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.622 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.942 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 90 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.733 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 76 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.637 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 93 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.843 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 97 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.667 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 113 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.517 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 68 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 1.56 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 62 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 1.65 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 50 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.01 km NE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 89 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.628 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.67 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 49 km deep · 33 km away
  21. 1.914 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 78 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 2.023 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
  23. 2.370 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 133 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 2.112 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 69 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 1.813 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 63 km deep · 41 km away
  26. 1.678 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 113 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 1.632 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 77 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 2.356 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 94 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 1.554 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 102 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 1.528 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 74 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 2.338 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 85 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 2.318 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 1.712 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 1.544 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 82 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 1.645 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.623 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 1.67 km SE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 53 km deep · 21 km away
  38. 1.515 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  39. 1.622 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
  40. 1.611 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 65 km deep · 18 km away
  41. 1.646 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 1.547 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 90 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 1.745 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 1.951 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 79 km deep · 100 km away
  45. 1.559 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 89 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 1.76 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 1.625 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 82 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 90 km deep · 95 km away
  49. 1.861 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 101 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 2.111 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 1.619 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
  52. 2.05 km ESE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 1.627 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
  54. 1.912 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 39 km deep · 25 km away
  55. 1.630 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
  56. 2.315 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 1.748 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 2.524 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 91 km deep · 100 km away
  59. 1.943 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 89 km deep · 63 km away
  60. 1.655 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 102 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.539 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.616 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 1.714 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.722 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 79 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.865 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 113 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 1.528 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.138 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 95 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.555 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 97 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.521 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 81 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 1.770 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 116 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.620 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.561 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 103 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.515 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 41 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 1.845 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 91 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 1.748 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 90 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.610 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 65 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 1.65 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 1.511 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 1.639 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.260 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 98 km deep · 75 km away

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