Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 42 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 42 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 4:57 AM AKDT (12:57 UTC), 62 km (39 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 49 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-03-29 12:57:39 UTC
Depth
62.1 km (38.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.031° N, 152.305° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 178 in the 60 days after this one and 118 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.659 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 94 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 1.641 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 102 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.540 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 103 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.531 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 68 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 1.812 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.725 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 77 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.952 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 84 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.781 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 106 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.678 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 2.149 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 91 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.636 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.624 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.629 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 77 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 1.831 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 2.060 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 101 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.763 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 101 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 101 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 1.858 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 110 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 1.765 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 91 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.958 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 104 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 2.54 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 1.623 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 1.756 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 3.139 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 70 km deep · 3 km away
  28. 1.766 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 69 km deep · 33 km away
  29. 1.770 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 77 km deep · 28 km away
  30. 1.740 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 100 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 1.533 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 1.560 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 96 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 1.592 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 1.649 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 2.854 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 93 km deep · 64 km away
  36. 1.78 km N of Port Graham, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 1.744 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 116 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 1.532 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 71 km deep · 38 km away
  39. 1.541 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 88 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 1.965 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 106 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 1.932 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 84 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 2.144 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 74 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.242 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 2.587 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  45. 2.191 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 2.586 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 1.686 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 1.584 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 1.685 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 1.686 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 1.837 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 122 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 2.142 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 70 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 1.844 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 2.062 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 94 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 1.536 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 77 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 1.559 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 99 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 1.765 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 99 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 1.582 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
  59. 2.274 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 100 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 3.460 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 100 km deep · 79 km away

The first 60 of 178.

Before

  1. 1.618 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.932 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.342 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 76 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 1.857 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 100 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 1.768 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 82 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.967 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.665 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 108 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.540 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 59 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 2.01 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.853 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 102 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.553 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 86 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 1.953 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 52 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 1.844 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 70 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 1.57 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 1.772 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 1.874 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 68 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 1.651 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 82 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 1.737 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 67 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.1Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 74 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 1.883 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away

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