M1.6 earthquake 59 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 59 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Aug 14, 2021, 8:03 PM AKDT (04:03 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 15 km WSW of Anchor Point, 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
- 2021-08-15 04:03:11 UTC
- Depth
- 67.1 km (41.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.981° N, 152.649° 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
- 19
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 114 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 104 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.958 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 106 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.513 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 57 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.558 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.752 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 104 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.630 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 112 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 111 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.256 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 58 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.671 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 103 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 124 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.970 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 105 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.156 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 96 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 79 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.516 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.876 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 96 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.69 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 99 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.650 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 84 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 115 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1863 days ago · 87 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.53 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 88 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 117 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.850 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 58 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.538 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.535 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.551 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 68 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 88 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.762 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 55 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.756 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.956 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 65 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 128 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.669 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 67 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 60 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 104 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.517 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 70 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.550 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 75 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.58 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 54 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 62 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 96 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.257 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 100 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.833 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 75 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.556 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 100 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 108 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.615 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
- 2.345 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 65 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 86 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.065 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 97 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.124 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.065 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 80 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.643 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 127 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.152 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 76 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.773 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.763 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.638 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.134 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 122 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.663 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 116 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.176 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 46 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.642 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 67 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 106 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.770 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 72 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.688 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 76 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.543 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 82 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.565 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 110 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1870 days ago · 87 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.942 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.634 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 126 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.760 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 71 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.783 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.250 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.863 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 104 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.738 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 119 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.363 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 94 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.961 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 110 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.965 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
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