Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 70 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 70 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 7:39 AM AKDT (15:39 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 52 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-12 15:39:42 UTC
Depth
68.7 km (42.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
58.900° N, 152.781° 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
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 184 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.962 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 100 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.679 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 62 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 1.744 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 89 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.667 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.533 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.663 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 60 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 1.862 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 64 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 2.053 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 104 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.747 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 97 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 1.558 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 99 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.428 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.678 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.826 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 92 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.641 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 49 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 1.672 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 116 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 1.564 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 92 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.453 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 103 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.646 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 82 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 1.670 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 1.978 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 1.623 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 54 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 1.691 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 1.782 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 1.657 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 101 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 1.866 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  26. 1.883 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 127 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 1.686 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 1.790 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 2.060 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 94 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 1.835 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 87 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 2.467 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 97 km deep · 55 km away
  32. 2.457 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 85 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 2.155 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 91 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 1.871 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 65 km deep · 8 km away
  35. 1.759 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 97 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 1.865 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 70 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 1.684 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  38. 2.157 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 57 km deep · 39 km away
  39. 1.522 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 3.252 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 1.756 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away
  43. 1.831 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 54 km deep · 44 km away
  44. 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 97 km deep · 99 km away
  45. 1.588 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 2.264 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 70 km deep · 6 km away
  47. 1.957 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 47 km deep · 13 km away
  48. 2.369 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 111 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 1.62 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away
  50. 1.688 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  51. 1.847 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 70 km deep · 35 km away
  52. 1.987 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 84 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 2.157 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 129 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 2.054 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 102 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 1.692 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 1.534 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 1.558 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 94 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 1.534 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
  59. 1.861 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 91 km deep · 65 km away
  60. 1.641 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 122 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 184.

Before

  1. 1.524 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 75 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 1.638 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 69 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 1.514 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.937 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.184 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 1.583 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 1.942 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 43 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.760 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 82 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 1.766 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 75 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.539 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.755 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 82 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 2.654 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 118 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.659 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 3.061 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 64 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 1.559 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 103 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.064 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 83 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 1.853 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 114 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.836 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 117 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.440 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 62 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 2.143 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 54 km deep · 77 km away

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