M1.5 earthquake 30 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 30 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 1:57 PM AKDT (21:57 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 19 km ENE 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-27 21:57:09 UTC
- Depth
- 70.0 km (43.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.296° N, 152.452° 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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.561 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 96 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.839 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 143 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.655 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 92 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 89 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.962 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 97 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 105 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.623 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 60 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.563 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 106 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.930 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 64 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.228 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 128 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.027 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 131 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.937 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 119 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.262 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 119 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.588 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.934 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 64 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.159 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 110 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.967 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.146 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 113 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.061 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 101 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.78 km WNW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.062 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 105 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.859 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.6Southern Alaska · 1792 days ago · 130 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.714 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.843 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 82 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 93 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 98 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.78 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1791 days ago · 71 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.158 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 97 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 103 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.740 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 142 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.058 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 113 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 86 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.036 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 124 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.355 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 123 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.737 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 67 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.653 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 82 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.036 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 81 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.859 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 99 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.129 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.145 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 115 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 93 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.740 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 78 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 96 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.612 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.712 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.647 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 88 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.753 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 82 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.340 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 118 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.762 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 100 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 96 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.166 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 109 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 100 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 104 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.626 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.946 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 122 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.92 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.759 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 95 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1797 days ago · 105 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.956 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 102 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.551 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 85 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.948 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 80 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 94 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.954 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 102 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 93 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.750 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 94 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.867 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 88 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.635 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 76 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.544 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 72 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.767 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 64 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.837 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 137 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.854 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 75 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 105 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.056 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 98 km deep · 73 km away
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