M1.6 earthquake 71 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 71 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Fri, Oct 8, 2021, 1:04 PM AKDT (21:04 UTC), 63 km (39 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-08 21:04:17 UTC
- Depth
- 62.8 km (39.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.929° N, 152.852° 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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 118 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.919 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 54 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.737 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 77 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.058 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 101 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.657 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 66 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.736 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 62 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.951 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 119 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.948 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.749 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 112 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.532 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1813 days ago · 85 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.950 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.752 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 85 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.345 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 79 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.758 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 101 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.028 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.039 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.065 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 97 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.566 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 94 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 76 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.560 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 107 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 1.645 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 109 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.658 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 81 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.839 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 133 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.346 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.653 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 105 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.731 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.642 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 60 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.726 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 83 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.169 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 90 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.679 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 72 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.742 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 113 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.960 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 101 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.611 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.643 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 112 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.592 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.855 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 86 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 84 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.732 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.978 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 63 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.752 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 129 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.552 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 109 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.639 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 120 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.480 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 62 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.933 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 65 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.850 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 60 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 104 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.690 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.717 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1805 days ago · 68 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 97 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.864 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.541 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 83 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.524 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.873 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 74 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.361 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 87 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.064 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 102 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.864 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 138 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.654 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 111 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.855 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 112 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.051 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 110 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.621 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.145 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 75 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 75 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.725 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 58 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.246 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 112 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.718 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.779 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.238 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.989 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.883 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 73 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.752 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.951 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 86 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.546 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.343 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 78 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.533 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 122 km deep · 97 km away
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