Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 22 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 22 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska on Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 6:42 PM AKDT (02:42 UTC), 171 km (106 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 65 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-14 02:42:22 UTC
Depth
170.6 km (106.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
58.572° N, 156.341° 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

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Stations used
18

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.235 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 167 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 1.636 km E of New Stuyahok, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.155 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 154 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 1.888 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.588 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 95 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.679 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 95 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.565 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 137 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.191 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 129 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.980 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 126 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 1.679 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 124 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.432 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 190 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 1.963 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 121 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.655 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 155 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 2.190 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 119 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.283 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 125 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.980 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 138 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.870 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 139 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 1.772 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 119 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.689 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 107 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.592 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 3.1100 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 1.886 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 98 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 1.666 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 85 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 3.222 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 192 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 4.362 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 144 km deep · 41 km away
  26. 1.836 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 1.637 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 2.357 km NE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 138 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 1.983 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 128 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 1.959 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 153 km deep · 38 km away
  31. 3.575 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 133 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 1.671 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 97 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 2.081 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 2.182 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 129 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 2.743 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 166 km deep · 23 km away
  36. 1.890 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 3.184 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 115 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.062 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 133 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.061 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 139 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.188 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 134 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.177 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 121 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 1.691 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.695 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.586 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 98 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 3.892 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 129 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.530 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 176 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 2.482 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 119 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.297 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 1.790 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 128 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.960 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 150 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 3.155 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 143 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 2.086 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021d6oolhf (also filed as us6000fukx). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:03 PM UTC.