Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 53 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 53 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Wed, Sep 1, 2021, 9:27 AM AKDT (17:27 UTC), 120 km (75 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 42 km NE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-01 17:27:12 UTC
Depth
120.4 km (74.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.618° N, 161.736° 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

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Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.017 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 89 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 3.142 km NE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 180 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.728 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.95 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 172 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1831 days ago · 159 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 1.665 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.511 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.844 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.734 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 93 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 2.018 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.212 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 106 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.515 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 2.725 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 124 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.814 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 76 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.637 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.753 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 77 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.716 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.846 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 74 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.516 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.617 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.057 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 115 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 1.614 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 2.214 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 207 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 1.542 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 93 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 1.813 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.046 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 99 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.618 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 160 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 2.915 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 203 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 1.840 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 96 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 1.838 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 136 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.137 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 82 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021b7tev1y. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 8:59 PM UTC.