Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska on Wed, Oct 6, 2021, 8:21 PM AKDT (04:21 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 12 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-10-07 04:21:00 UTC
Depth
77.0 km (47.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
60.988° N, 151.613° 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
61

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 127 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.734 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 72 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.075 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 136 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.726 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 76 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1823 days ago · 120 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.515 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.323 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.511 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 57 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 1.633 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 90 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.727 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 99 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.670 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 108 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 2.27 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.873 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 124 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 1.564 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1821 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 2.042 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 82 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 1.563 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 103 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.019 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.511 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 66 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 2.065 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 120 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 1.615 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 70 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 2.01 km N of Funny River, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 52 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 1.665 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 1.531 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 1.646 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 112 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 1.753 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 105 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 1.629 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 77 km deep · 15 km away
  27. 1.623 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 75 km deep · 11 km away
  28. 1.67 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 1.714 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 1.541 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 92 km deep · 23 km away
  31. 1.57 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  32. 1.867 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 111 km deep · 42 km away
  33. 1.615 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
  34. 1.672 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 95 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 1.922 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 1.825 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 1.530 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 1.740 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 85 km deep · 63 km away
  39. 1.827 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 95 km deep · 85 km away
  40. 1.540 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 78 km deep · 18 km away
  41. 1.665 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 116 km deep · 46 km away
  42. 1.56 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away
  43. 1.546 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 1.627 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 72 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 1.556 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 87 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 1.522 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 1.626 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 1.721 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 1.535 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 2.223 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
  51. 2.37 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
  52. 1.725 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
  53. 1.83 km ESE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.545 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 101 km deep · 27 km away
  55. 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 113 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 1.662 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 100 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 1.65 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  58. 4.712 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 221 · tsunami flag
  59. 2.310 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 1.612 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.517 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.873 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 121 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.135 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 1.944 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 91 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.516 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 72 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 1.56 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.144 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 77 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.756 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 91 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 1.512 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 64 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 1.854 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 116 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.710 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 85 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.013 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.611 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 68 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 1.545 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 78 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 2.665 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 136 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.650 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 93 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 1.678 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 109 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.619 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 1.825 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 1.736 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 80 km deep · 76 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021cv4zes7. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC.