M1.8 earthquake Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck in the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska on Sat, Aug 28, 2021, 2:29 PM AKDT (22:29 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 27 km WSW of Cooper Landing, 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-28 22:29:08 UTC
- Depth
- 18.3 km (11.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.999° N, 149.254° 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
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.621 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.048 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.516 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.821 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.640 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.518 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.537 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.99 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.615 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 2.063 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.224 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.520 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.425 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.819 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.529 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.525 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.627 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.542 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.038 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.57 km ESE of Sunrise, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.338 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.531 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.530 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.529 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.813 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.617 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.517 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.513 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.629 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.019 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.821 km SSE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 48 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.531 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.922 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.525 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.635 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.542 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.022 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.955 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.745 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.739 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.223 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.427 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 7
- 1.526 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.537 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.622 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 2.226 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.613 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.522 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.415 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 5
- 1.845 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.524 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.523 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.520 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.543 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.920 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.923 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.433 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.621 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.521 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.128 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.513 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.325 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
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