M1.7 earthquake 18 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 18 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska on Thu, Oct 7, 2021, 8:16 AM AKDT (16:16 UTC), 62 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 62 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-07 16:16:45 UTC
- Depth
- 62.4 km (38.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.345° N, 152.242° 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
- 38
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
- 2.262 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 128 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.549 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 83 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.951 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 85 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.764 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 96 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.948 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 91 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.512 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.728 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 65 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.848 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 106 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.748 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 71 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.652 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.717 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 53 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.569 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 110 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.58 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.558 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 99 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.039 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 149 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.737 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 122 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1774 days ago · 63 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.639 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.854 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 98 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.5Southern Alaska · 1773 days ago · 126 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 111 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.665 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.149 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 75 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.65 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.752 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 108 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.761 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 99 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.641 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 70 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 90 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.845 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 91 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.656 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 101 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.534 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 78 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.954 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 98 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 83 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.565 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 103 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.562 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 89 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.882 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 60 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.433 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 137 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1772 days ago · 104 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 118 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 110 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.258 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 120 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 81 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.136 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 123 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.045 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 83 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.169 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 110 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.138 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.057 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 121 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.238 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 117 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.034 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 131 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 98 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.714 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.661 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 102 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.866 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 94 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.051 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.434 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 50 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 117 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.035 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 135 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 87 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 1769 days ago · 109 km deep · 87 km away
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