M1.5 earthquake 55 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 55 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 8:49 AM AKDT (16:49 UTC), 107 km (66 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
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
- 2021-04-28 16:49:02 UTC
- Depth
- 106.7 km (66.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.874° N, 152.240° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Automatic solution, may be revised
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.
- Stations used
- 44
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 163 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.857 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 98 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 123 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 109 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 75 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.720 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 76 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.737 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.066 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 97 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.746 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 86 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.56 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.419 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 105 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.782 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 113 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.820 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 79 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.267 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 108 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.168 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 111 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.62 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 10
- 1.718 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 91 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.629 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 78 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.013 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 53 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.863 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.634 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 89 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.365 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 137 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.47 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 1.511 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.913 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.539 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 77 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 99 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.664 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 128 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 102 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.961 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 108 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.869 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 102 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.523 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 79 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 89 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.583 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 152 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.725 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 84 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 93 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 53 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.556 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 147 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.952 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.759 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 104 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.065 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 132 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.563 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 115 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.315 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.661 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 109 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 122 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.111 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.049 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 100 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 87 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.756 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 90 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.752 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 105 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 108 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.022 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.82 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.961 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 140 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.79 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 81 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.124 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.813 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.054 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 90 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.577 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 127 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 72 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.118 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.559 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 106 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.021 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 65 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.559 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 146 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.973 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 131 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.542 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 77 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.727 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 74 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.541 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 89 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.965 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 113 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.143 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 86 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.663 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 128 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.738 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 105 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.536 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 87 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.570 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
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