M1.6 earthquake 82 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 82 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Sep 18, 2021, 7:41 PM AKDT (03:41 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 57 km ESE of Pedro Bay, 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
- 2021-09-19 03:41:34 UTC
- Depth
- 79.0 km (49.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.111° N, 153.287° 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
- 26
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 122 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.556 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 79 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.747 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 115 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 85 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.245 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 106 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.759 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 90 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.744 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 130 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 89 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.038 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 128 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.530 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.635 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.136 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 140 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.951 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 124 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.972 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 101 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.757 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 105 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.146 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 136 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.752 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 128 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.567 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 83 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.838 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 132 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.633 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.039 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 80 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.647 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 90 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.137 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.085 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.918 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.237 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 116 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.754 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.254 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 132 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.540 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 87 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.668 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 83 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.515 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.764 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.971 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 72 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.758 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 118 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.633 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 125 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.025 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 101 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.844 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 122 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 103 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.554 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 73 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.241 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.825 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.961 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 94 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.635 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 63 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.754 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 116 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.733 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 54 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1825 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.652 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 111 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.660 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 68 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 111 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.934 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.961 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 92 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.842 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 67 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 90 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.070 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 1824 days ago · 108 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.527 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.254 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 102 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.060 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 110 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.629 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.644 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 111 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 94 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.937 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 137 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.69 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 97 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.657 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 111 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.574 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.967 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 77 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 98 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.826 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.560 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 100 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 97 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.055 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 123 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.753 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 127 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 98 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.577 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 70 km deep · 43 km away
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