Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 35 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 35 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 6:11 AM AKDT (14:11 UTC), 62 km (39 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 76 km N of Aleneva, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-11 14:11:00 UTC
Depth
62.2 km (38.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.445° N, 152.522° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.869 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 122 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.738 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 75 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 1.614 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 76 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.076 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 74 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.775 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.745 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 95 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.743 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 94 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.865 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 113 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.260 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 91 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 1.837 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 77 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.725 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 75 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.149 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 111 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.762 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 103 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.911 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 1.950 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 152 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 1.760 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 92 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 1.622 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 2.260 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 102 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 1.77 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 3.161 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 107 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 2.048 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 141 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 1.860 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 109 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 1.843 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 94 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 2.028 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 132 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 1.664 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 100 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 1.644 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 78 km deep · 9 km away
  27. 2.034 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 207 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 1.573 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 123 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 1.655 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 142 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 1.745 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 151 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 2.464 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 119 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 1.67 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 1.561 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 113 km deep · 36 km away
  34. 1.630 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 100 km deep · 41 km away
  35. 1.666 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 124 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 1.853 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 135 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 1.552 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 94 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 2.056 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 98 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 1.665 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 105 km deep · 30 km away
  40. 1.854 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 75 km deep · 21 km away
  41. 1.662 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 104 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 1.837 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 137 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 2.767 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 64 km deep · 47 km away
  44. 3.746 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 168 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.544 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 72 km deep · 13 km away
  46. 1.635 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 76 km deep · 28 km away
  47. 1.867 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 1.750 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 94 km deep · 61 km away
  49. 1.766 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 93 km deep · 31 km away
  50. 1.954 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 102 km deep · 48 km away
  51. 1.864 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 94 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 1.628 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 87 km deep · 100 km away
  53. 1.948 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 80 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 1.551 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 85 km deep · 50 km away
  55. 2.956 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 102 km deep · 51 km away
  56. 1.7Southern Alaska · 1792 days ago · 105 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 1.759 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 95 km deep · 40 km away
  58. 1.92 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 1.768 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 120 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 1.946 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 122 km deep · 67 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021boawkuf. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:50 PM UTC.