M1.6 earthquake 83 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 83 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Mon, Apr 5, 2021, 10:57 PM AKDT (06:57 UTC), 126 km (78 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 17 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-06 06:57:20 UTC
- Depth
- 126.1 km (78.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.903° N, 152.765° 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
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 187 in the 60 days after this one and 163 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.320 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.526 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 83 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 82 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.870 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 113 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.657 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 129 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 98 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.849 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 143 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.264 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 107 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 83 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.616 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 85 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.865 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 124 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.569 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 112 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.679 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 120 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 91 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.865 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 117 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.545 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 97 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1997 days ago · 116 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.857 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 128 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.61 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.656 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 143 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 1.728 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 92 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.952 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 94 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.065 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 114 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.85 km NNW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.760 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.938 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 86 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.567 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 96 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.968 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 112 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.521 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 74 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.831 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 79 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.869 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 124 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.564 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 106 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.618 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.839 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 89 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.040 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 84 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.547 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.724 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 88 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.255 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 102 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.360 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 106 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.540 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.726 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 99 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.842 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.862 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 118 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.664 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 102 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 98 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.054 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 152 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.533 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.133 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.619 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.72 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.684 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 134 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.649 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.169 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 137 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of 187.
Before
- 1.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 115 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.545 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 87 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.880 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 130 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.256 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 104 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 112 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.953 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 102 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.870 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 122 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Kenai, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.644 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 88 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.838 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 74 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.57 km NNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.570 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 121 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 129 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 109 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.848 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 102 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.741 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 88 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.049 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 85 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 83 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.885 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 99 km deep · 25 km away
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