M1.9 earthquake 29 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 29 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Thu, Jan 7, 2021, 12:53 AM AKST (09:53 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 72 km SSW 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
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-07 09:53:26 UTC
- Depth
- 57.6 km (35.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.114° N, 152.130° 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
- 27
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 129 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.650 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 93 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.960 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.811 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 93 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.751 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 90 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.540 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 82 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.04 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 59 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.852 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.739 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 81 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 88 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 75 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.247 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.059 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 104 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.12 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.144 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 118 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 2088 days ago · 103 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.865 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.447 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 80 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 1.975 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.331 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.883 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.951 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 104 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.721 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 70 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.68 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 53 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.554 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 91 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 99 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 98 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.756 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 89 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2084 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.967 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 69 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.853 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.576 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 97 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.773 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 69 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.282 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.217 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 48 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.165 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 99 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.836 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 72 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 107 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 112 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.066 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 75 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.711 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.916 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.258 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 100 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.14 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.461 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 80 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2079 days ago · 74 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.747 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 89 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.454 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 83 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 83 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.666 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 80 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.742 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 86 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.462 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 77 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.560 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 100 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.524 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.525 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 91 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.886 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.822 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 75 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.975 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.67 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 60 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.58 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 55 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.923 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 63 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.561 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 94 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.059 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 94 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.958 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 60 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.959 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 108 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 96 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.07 km WSW of Fox River, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.847 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 118 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 95 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.047 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 77 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 111 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.66 km S of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.142 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 112 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.637 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 115 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.048 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 121 km deep · 99 km away
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