Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 35 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 35 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 6:54 AM AKDT (14:54 UTC), 125 km (77 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 30 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-12 14:54:15 UTC
Depth
124.7 km (77.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.764° N, 160.835° 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
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.817 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 92 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.242 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.613 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 61 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.852 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 123 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.831 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 68 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 1.630 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.641 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 1.815 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 1.651 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 109 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 1.516 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.937 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.817 km NNE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.523 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1881 days ago · 80 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 2.934 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.760 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 150 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 3.330 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.727 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.159 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.260 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 1.838 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 136 km deep · 9 km away
  22. 1.945 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.649 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 2.915 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 203 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 1.730 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 57 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 1.618 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 160 km deep · 27 km away
  27. 1.857 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 2.046 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 99 km deep · 17 km away
  29. 1.542 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 93 km deep · 32 km away
  30. 2.136 km NW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 151 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 2.214 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 207 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 1.614 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 79 km deep · 38 km away
  33. 2.057 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 115 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 2.617 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 1.516 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 1.846 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 1.716 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 1.762 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 2.753 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
  40. 1.814 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 76 km deep · 38 km away
  41. 1.753 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 120 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 1.645 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 1.929 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 1.622 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 2.845 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 2.044 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 1.718 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 82 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 2.59 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 115 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.734 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 101 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.158 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.637 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 2.846 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.839 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 70 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 3.119 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 159 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 3.055 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 234 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 3.253 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away

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