Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 43 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 43 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Thu, Mar 25, 2021, 11:17 PM AKDT (07:17 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 46 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-03-26 07:17:28 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.845° N, 160.572° 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
23

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.141 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 2.122 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.735 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.737 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 86 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 2.717 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 204 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 1.837 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.915 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.928 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 81 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.044 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.161 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 92 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 3.446 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 2.853 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 168 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 3.049 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 119 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.639 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.116 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 90 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 2.515 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 194 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.827 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 63 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.839 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.765 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.946 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 75 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.632 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.063 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 154 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.833 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 1.922 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2028 days ago · 116 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 2.036 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 90 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.531 km NNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 210 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.620 km N of Perryville, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 79 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.341 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 95 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 1.955 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.459 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.48 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 3.034 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.29 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 76 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0213woy8ld. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:32 PM UTC.