M1.5 earthquake Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska on Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 1:37 AM AKST (10:37 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 12 km ESE 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-30 10:37:17 UTC
- Depth
- 57.6 km (35.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.608° N, 151.084° 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
- 41
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 139 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.438 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 78 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.528 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.63 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 47 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.534 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.664 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 103 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 88 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.842 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 91 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.620 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.844 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 86 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.921 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 56 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 110 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.629 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.714 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.543 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 86 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.715 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.285 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 153 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 101 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 98 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 75 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.713 km NW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.634 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 95 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 86 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.717 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.842 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 88 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.617 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 91 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.221 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.426 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.825 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.367 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 103 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.935 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 87 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.331 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 98 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.626 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 78 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.840 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 80 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 50 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.456 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 106 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 11
- 1.764 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 119 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.015 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.638 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.821 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 69 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.714 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 75 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.614 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 42 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.531 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.529 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 82 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.824 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 61 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.549 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 85 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.638 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.829 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 78 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.818 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 76 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.24 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.733 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.635 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 87 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.540 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.051 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 92 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.845 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 85 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.96 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
- 2.920 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 8
- 1.738 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 87 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.722 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.826 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 78 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.564 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 114 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 121 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.710 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.621 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 74 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 104 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.636 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 85 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.628 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 78 km deep · 85 km away
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