M1.6 earthquake 88 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 88 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Wed, Aug 25, 2021, 1:23 AM AKDT (09:23 UTC), 62 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 25 km W 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-25 09:23:55 UTC
- Depth
- 62.1 km (38.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.870° N, 153.145° 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
- 32
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 100 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 96 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.833 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 75 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 1.556 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 100 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.345 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 65 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 86 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.065 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 97 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.124 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.065 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 80 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.152 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 76 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.768 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 131 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.773 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.763 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 86 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.638 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.770 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 126 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.663 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 116 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.548 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 85 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.160 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 98 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.842 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 77 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.159 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 84 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.863 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 74 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.153 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.678 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 95 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.351 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 79 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.751 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 106 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.237 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.046 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.555 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 70 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.946 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 109 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.028 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 55 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.641 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 112 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 101 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.625 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 68 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.167 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 70 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.654 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 96 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.453 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 108 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.527 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.555 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 99 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.637 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 71 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.469 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 123 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.840 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 81 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.950 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 119 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.976 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 67 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.130 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 123 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.059 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 107 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.042 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.889 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 70 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.835 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.556 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 113 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.577 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 70 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 98 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.055 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 123 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 97 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.560 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.826 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 98 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.967 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 77 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.574 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 59 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.657 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 111 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 97 km deep · 78 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.571 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 130 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.58 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 54 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.550 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 75 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.517 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 104 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.669 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 67 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 128 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1861 days ago · 123 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.956 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.756 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.762 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 55 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 88 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.551 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 68 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.257 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 122 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.535 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.538 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.850 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 58 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 117 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 88 km deep · 77 km away
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