M1.9 earthquake 58 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 58 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Tue, Jan 5, 2021, 9:46 AM AKST (18:46 UTC), 60 km (37 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-05 18:46:45 UTC
- Depth
- 59.9 km (37.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.869° N, 152.277° 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
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 187 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.059 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 94 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.561 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 94 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.923 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 63 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.67 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.885 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 93 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.975 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 84 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.886 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.929 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 58 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.650 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 93 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.517 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 93 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 74 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.04 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.188 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 82 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.247 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.110 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.865 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.447 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 80 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 1.975 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 75 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.331 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.883 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.721 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 70 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 93 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 99 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.967 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 69 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.853 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.576 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 97 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.773 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 69 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.282 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.217 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 48 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.165 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 99 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.836 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.065 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.066 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.461 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 80 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2080 days ago · 74 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.747 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 89 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.666 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 80 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.865 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.462 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.560 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 100 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.884 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.366 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 94 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.619 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.830 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 64 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.647 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 70 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.615 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 55 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.684 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.321 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 51 · tsunami flag
- 2.070 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 88 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.665 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 96 km deep · 85 km away
The first 60 of 187.
Before
- 1.959 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 108 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 95 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.047 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 77 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 94 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.662 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 94 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.920 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.564 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 89 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 95 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.548 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.659 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 99 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.661 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 102 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.732 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 67 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.946 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 71 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.449 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.761 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 109 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.852 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 88 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.612 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.748 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
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