M1.5 earthquake 36 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 36 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska on Sat, Apr 24, 2021, 10:34 PM AKDT (06:34 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 2 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-25 06:34:00 UTC
- Depth
- 87.0 km (54.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.897° N, 151.801° 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
- 66
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 151 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.738 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.143 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 86 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.965 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 113 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.541 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 89 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.727 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 74 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.542 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 77 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.973 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 131 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.021 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.559 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 106 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.118 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 72 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.577 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 127 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.054 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 90 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.813 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.124 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 74 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 81 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 107 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.857 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 98 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 75 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.720 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 76 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.737 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.833 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.746 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 86 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.123 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.56 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.419 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 105 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.782 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 113 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.820 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 79 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.521 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.168 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 111 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.62 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 10
- 2.625 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.718 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.74 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 91 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.629 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 78 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.013 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 53 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.623 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.634 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 89 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.47 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 1.511 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.913 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.539 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 77 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.664 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 128 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 102 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.961 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 108 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.523 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 79 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 89 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.583 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 152 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.725 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 84 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.631 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 93 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 53 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.952 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 51 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.912 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.759 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 104 km deep · 45 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.920 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 48 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 83 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.640 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 79 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.818 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.823 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 49 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.827 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 71 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 81 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.81 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.947 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.612 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 51 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.838 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.220 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.659 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 105 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.78 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 116 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.32 km NW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 46 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.568 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 113 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 93 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.57 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
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