Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 51 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 51 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Mon, Jul 26, 2021, 9:19 PM AKDT (05:19 UTC), 109 km (67 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-27 05:19:42 UTC
Depth
108.5 km (67.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.620° N, 161.676° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.516 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 3.132 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 171 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.618 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1883 days ago · 80 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.229 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 96 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 1.969 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.760 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 150 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 3.330 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.727 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.964 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 3.020 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 161 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.137 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 82 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.838 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 136 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 1.840 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 96 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 2.915 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 203 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.618 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 160 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 2.046 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 99 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.813 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.542 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 93 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 2.214 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 207 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 1.614 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 79 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.057 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 115 km deep · 17 km away
  24. 2.617 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 1.516 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 1.846 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 1.716 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 2.753 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 2.637 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 88 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 1.814 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 2.725 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 124 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 1.753 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 120 km deep · 4 km away
  33. 2.017 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 89 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 3.142 km NE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 180 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 1.728 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 61 km deep · 71 km away
  37. 2.95 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 172 km deep · 46 km away
  38. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1831 days ago · 159 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 2.131 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 95 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.941 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 48 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.815 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.641 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 1.630 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 1.710 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.831 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 68 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.852 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 123 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.220 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 79 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.613 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.813 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 88 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.935 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 125 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.718 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 82 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.734 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 101 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 2.637 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 2.839 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 3.119 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 159 km deep · 39 km away

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