M1.6 earthquake 48 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 48 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Aug 21, 2021, 12:06 AM AKDT (08:06 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 12 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-21 08:06:49 UTC
- Depth
- 88.4 km (54.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.522° N, 152.708° 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
- 35
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.547 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 93 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 117 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.935 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 132 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 106 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.767 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 138 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.850 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.638 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 131 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 92 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.548 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 123 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.551 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 68 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 88 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.762 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 55 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.956 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 128 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.669 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.969 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 138 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 104 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 101 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 90 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.517 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 70 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.772 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 120 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 109 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1860 days ago · 117 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.550 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 75 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.58 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 54 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.93 km ENE of Kachemak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.97 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.344 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.244 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 96 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 96 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.257 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 100 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.833 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 75 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.648 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 129 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.852 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 153 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.03 km SE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 52 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.556 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 100 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.543 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 89 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 108 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.854 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 151 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.164 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 116 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.615 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 62 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
- 2.345 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 65 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 86 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.860 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 142 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.843 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 83 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.065 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 97 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.245 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 143 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.651 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 104 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.911 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.124 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.065 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 80 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 84 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.114 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.649 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 94 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 1855 days ago · 76 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.836 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.53 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1864 days ago · 87 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 115 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.650 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 84 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 99 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.77 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.640 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 140 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.544 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.561 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 108 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.833 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 125 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.739 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1865 days ago · 102 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.710 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.69 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 96 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.516 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 125 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.859 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 101 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.929 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 157 km deep · 74 km away
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