M1.5 earthquake 56 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 56 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Sep 18, 2021, 9:06 PM AKDT (05:06 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.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-19 05:06:10 UTC
- Depth
- 78.7 km (48.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.171° N, 152.842° 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
- 33
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 133 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 93 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.747 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 115 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 85 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.245 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 72 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 106 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.759 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 90 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.744 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 130 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 89 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.038 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 128 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.969 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 101 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.655 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 92 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.640 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.530 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 62 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.635 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 78 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.136 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 140 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.951 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 124 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.972 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 101 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 107 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.910 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 105 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.757 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 105 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.146 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 136 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.752 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 128 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.567 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 83 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.659 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 107 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.838 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 132 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.633 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.039 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 80 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.326 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 85 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.647 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 90 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.617 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 71 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.137 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 71 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.085 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.968 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 97 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.918 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 62 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.738 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.237 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 116 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.754 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 78 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.254 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 132 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 105 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.540 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 87 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.668 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 83 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.89 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 54 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 1.515 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 65 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.764 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 72 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.971 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 72 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.758 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 118 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.633 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 125 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.025 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 101 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.844 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 122 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 72 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 103 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.554 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 73 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.241 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 61 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1824 days ago · 141 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.825 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 62 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.961 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 94 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.635 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 63 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.754 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 116 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.682 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 79 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.060 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 110 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.629 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.644 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 111 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.963 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 118 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 94 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.937 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 137 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.69 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 54 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 84 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.868 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 113 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 97 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.657 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 111 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.923 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.574 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 59 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.967 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 77 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 98 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.826 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 70 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.560 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 100 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 97 km deep · 48 km away
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