M1.7 earthquake 21 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 21 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 6:59 AM AKST (15:59 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 72 km SSW of Nanwalek, 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
- 2021-01-12 15:59:16 UTC
- Depth
- 70.0 km (43.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.252° N, 152.230° 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
- 29
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 182 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.551 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 115 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.68 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.88 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.97 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.948 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 148 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 93 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 98 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.554 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 91 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 99 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.469 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 104 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 98 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.553 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 101 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.756 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 89 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2081 days ago · 80 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 105 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.967 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 69 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.853 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 76 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.816 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.576 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.725 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 97 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.773 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 69 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.755 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 106 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.133 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 118 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.282 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.217 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 48 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.165 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 99 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.137 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 121 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.836 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 72 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 107 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 112 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.066 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.711 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.916 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 78 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.258 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 100 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.14 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.250 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.461 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 80 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 72 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2076 days ago · 74 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.747 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 89 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 65 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.454 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 83 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 83 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.666 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 80 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.940 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 134 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.742 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.462 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 77 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.560 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 100 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.524 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.525 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 91 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.946 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 121 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 82 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.261 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.624 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.036 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 121 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.366 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 94 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.617 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 67 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.756 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.951 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 104 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.022 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.883 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 87 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.331 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 67 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.351 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 90 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.975 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 75 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.447 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 80 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 1.865 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.927 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 2085 days ago · 103 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.144 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 118 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.12 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.059 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 104 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.247 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 72 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 118 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 75 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.739 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 81 km deep · 63 km away
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