M1.7 earthquake 65 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 65 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Oct 16, 2021, 9:59 AM AKDT (17:59 UTC), 99 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 51 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
- 2021-10-16 17:59:13 UTC
- Depth
- 98.5 km (61.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.614° N, 152.952° 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
- 68
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
- 1.951 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 79 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.585 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.044 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 94 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.162 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 104 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.559 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 89 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.657 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 84 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.138 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 75 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.657 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 78 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 82 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.948 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 98 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 90 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 103 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.834 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 129 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.473 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 116 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.132 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.05 km ESE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.720 km SE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.055 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 140 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.358 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 97 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 93 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.73 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 59 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.854 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 102 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.045 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 119 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.315 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 81 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.748 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 81 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 108 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.524 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 91 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.833 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 133 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.943 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 89 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.570 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 116 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.634 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 102 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.513 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.624 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 73 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.871 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 118 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.833 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.581 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.831 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 79 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.638 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 86 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.969 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 127 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 73 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.739 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 93 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.151 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 89 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1758 days ago · 99 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.951 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 120 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.160 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 104 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 100 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.880 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.958 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 102 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.113 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.654 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 93 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.251 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 149 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.557 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 97 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.166 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 105 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.763 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 100 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 93 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 120 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 111 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.876 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 127 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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