Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 15 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 15 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska on Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 9:58 AM AKDT (17:58 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 25 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-15 17:58:35 UTC
Depth
49.7 km (30.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.796° N, 151.112° 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
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 111 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.62 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 1.714 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.628 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 96 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 1.712 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 1.611 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 69 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 86 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 1.77 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.530 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.850 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 101 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 1.741 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.937 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.213 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 1.525 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 115 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.621 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.89 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 37 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 1.617 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 1.614 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 2.766 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 113 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.47 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.814 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 1.566 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 120 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 1.814 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 1.622 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 1.87 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 70 km deep · 21 km away
  29. 1.811 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 68 km deep · 13 km away
  30. 1.56 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 2.155 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 1.847 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away
  34. 1.720 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 67 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 3.94 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 204 · tsunami flag
  36. 2.338 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 93 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 1.615 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 2.656 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 97 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 1.530 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
  40. 2.15 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 1.644 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 94 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
  43. 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 108 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 1.537 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 82 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 1.75 km W of Soldotna, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 46 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 1.59 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 1.834 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 1.64 km W of Eagle River, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 1.557 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 100 km deep · 65 km away
  50. 1.615 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
  51. 1.53 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 2.46 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 1.62 km NNE of Kenai, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  54. 1.99 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 1.962 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  56. 1.87 km NW of Point MacKenzie, AK · 1916 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  57. 2.524 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 2.86 km ENE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 55 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  59. 1.78 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 49 km deep · 16 km away
  60. 2.219 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.920 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 64 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 1.946 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 92 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 1.823 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 74 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 1.765 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 124 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.311 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.511 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 54 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.650 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 83 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.723 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.513 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 1.634 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 1.920 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.737 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.118 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 1.530 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 76 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.77 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 52 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 2.224 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.510 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.745 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.05 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.741 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 82 km deep · 78 km away

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