Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 44 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 44 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska on Wed, Apr 7, 2021, 4:31 PM AKDT (00:31 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 86 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-08 00:31:31 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.706° N, 149.769° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.029 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.613 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 2.741 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.023 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.745 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.518 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.818 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.619 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 55 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.118 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.615 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 51 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 1.613 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.243 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.75 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.521 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.913 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 39 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 1.712 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 1.820 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 40 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.360 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.111 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 1.730 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 2.9119 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 3.086 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 1.718 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 2.415 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.520 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 1.725 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 2.329 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 1.611 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 1.918 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 2.019 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 38 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 1.613 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 1.631 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
  34. 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 2.147 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away

Before

  1. 1.937 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 1.518 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.814 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.520 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.515 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.347 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.910 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.824 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.526 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.616 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.526 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.613 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 55 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 2.043 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 1.622 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.714 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.569 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 2.421 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 1.820 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.721 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.64 km ESE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away

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