M1.6 earthquake 47 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 47 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sun, Jan 24, 2021, 5:38 PM AKST (02:38 UTC), 70 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 21 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-25 02:38:17 UTC
- Depth
- 70.1 km (43.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 58.992° N, 152.348° 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
- 20
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 107 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.562 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 104 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.82 km W of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 104 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.615 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 55 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.684 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.321 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 51 · tsunami flag
- 2.070 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 88 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 106 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.665 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 96 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.745 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 90 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.321 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 77 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.841 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 77 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.643 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 82 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.364 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 96 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.79 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 55 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.816 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.050 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 73 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.756 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 85 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.242 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.952 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 73 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.945 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 112 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.633 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 63 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.766 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 71 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 79 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.653 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 95 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 74 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.655 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.680 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 73 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 56 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.856 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 96 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.948 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.149 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 60 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 111 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.983 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 75 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.844 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 84 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.861 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 64 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.519 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 61 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.565 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 103 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.646 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 67 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 85 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 98 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 79 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.548 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 113 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 101 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.751 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 115 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 2055 days ago · 63 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.854 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 102 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.978 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.615 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 74 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.164 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 92 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.61 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.144 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 128 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.168 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.830 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 64 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.619 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.617 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 94 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.366 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.624 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.884 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.261 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 105 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 66 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.525 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 91 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.560 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 100 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.462 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 77 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.742 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.865 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.666 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 80 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 83 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.454 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.747 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 89 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2076 days ago · 74 km deep · 58 km away
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