M2.1 earthquake Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck in the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska on Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 6:06 PM AKDT (02:06 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 21 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-12 02:06:37 UTC
- Depth
- 52.5 km (32.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.239° N, 151.132° 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
- 38
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 110 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.620 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 69 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.818 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 67 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 89 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.760 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 104 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.742 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.52 km SW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 98 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 88 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.533 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 89 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.014 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 72 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.53 km SE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 56 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.641 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 82 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.12 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 105 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.955 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 112 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.571 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 104 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.859 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.563 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 112 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.060 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 94 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.534 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 78 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.036 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 73 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.630 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 84 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.610 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 47 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1901 days ago · 88 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.925 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.510 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.620 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.512 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 55 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 99 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.03 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.321 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 70 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 58 · tsunami flag
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 63 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.621 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 72 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.121 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 66 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.219 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 66 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.914 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.117 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 47 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.924 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.549 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 91 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.522 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 66 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 100 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.948 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 95 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.524 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.820 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 66 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.613 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1896 days ago · 75 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.055 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 113 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.558 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 106 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.84 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 90 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.223 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 51 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.812 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 51 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 97 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.827 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 96 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.814 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.832 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 49 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.854 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 94 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.660 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 87 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.725 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.540 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 85 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.053 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 89 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.617 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 65 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.758 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 84 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.715 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 120 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.720 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.526 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 69 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.914 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.548 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 82 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.646 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 82 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.78 km SW of Fox River, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.011 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 109 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.818 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
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