M1.6 earthquake 18 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 18 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Thu, Apr 15, 2021, 9:03 AM AKDT (17:03 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 50 km WNW of Nanwalek, 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-15 17:03:10 UTC
- Depth
- 47.5 km (29.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.270° N, 152.190° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Automatic solution, may be revised
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 176 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.543 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 83 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1996 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.869 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 79 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.272 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.857 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 98 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.364 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 98 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.538 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 76 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.513 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 56 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.525 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.02 km SE of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 53 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.753 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 101 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.850 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 65 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.580 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.547 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 123 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 97 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.634 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 130 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 112 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.662 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 91 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 108 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.851 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 101 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.845 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 62 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.848 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 70 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 98 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.524 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 74 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.664 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 102 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.548 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 117 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.259 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 99 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.563 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 100 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 92 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.053 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 103 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 106 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.166 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 99 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.570 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 106 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.872 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.677 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.254 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 103 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.517 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.552 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 109 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.643 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 79 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.739 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 113 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.021 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.950 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 109 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.045 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 122 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 84 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.533 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 130 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.629 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 51 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.567 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 70 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.247 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 84 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.160 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 105 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.581 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.722 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 70 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.613 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 109 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 98 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.462 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.743 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 103 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.963 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 117 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of 196.
Before
- 1.576 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 98 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.533 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.530 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 65 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.143 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 127 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.846 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 121 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.950 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 120 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 99 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.873 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 66 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.633 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 77 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.441 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 64 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.341 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 140 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.460 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 100 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.274 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.582 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 99 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 99 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.559 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 99 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 77 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.954 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 123 km deep · 89 km away
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