M1.8 earthquake 63 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 63 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 6:44 PM AKST (03:44 UTC), 97 km (60 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
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-16 03:44:40 UTC
- Depth
- 96.8 km (60.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.525° N, 152.997° 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
- 48
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
- 1.773 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 69 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.327 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 135 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.755 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 106 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 117 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.133 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 118 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.282 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 64 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.217 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 48 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.165 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 99 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.137 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 121 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.836 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 72 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.255 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 102 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 107 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 112 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.628 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.066 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 75 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.956 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.711 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.916 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.258 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 100 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.14 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.268 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 124 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.250 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 76 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.461 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 80 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 72 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2078 days ago · 74 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.747 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 89 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.552 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 99 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.454 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 83 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 83 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.666 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 80 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.765 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 125 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.940 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 134 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.436 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 88 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.742 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 86 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.462 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 77 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.560 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 100 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.524 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 74 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.2Southern Alaska · 2076 days ago · 156 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.525 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 91 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.739 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 99 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.946 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 121 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 82 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.969 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 119 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 66 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.261 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 105 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.884 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.624 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 68 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.616 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.036 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 121 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.163 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 139 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.366 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 94 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.768 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 109 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.617 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.619 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 57 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.830 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.248 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 119 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.647 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.074 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 121 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.725 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.576 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 95 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.816 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.853 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 76 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.967 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 105 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2083 days ago · 80 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.756 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 89 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.553 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 101 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 98 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.469 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 104 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.070 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 116 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 99 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.554 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 91 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 98 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.863 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 116 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 126 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
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