M1.6 earthquake 71 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 71 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 12:45 PM AKDT (20:45 UTC), 118 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 5 km SSW of Kasilof, 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-28 20:45:15 UTC
- Depth
- 117.6 km (73.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.910° N, 152.516° 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: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 122 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.637 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 92 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.517 km WSW of Kenai, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 71 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 109 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.067 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 113 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.641 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 89 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.824 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 78 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.756 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 130 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.059 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 138 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.741 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 99 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.919 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 73 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 2.373 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 133 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.652 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 137 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 80 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.57 km SSW of Kenai, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.933 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.6Southern Alaska · 1888 days ago · 117 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.158 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.845 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 79 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.58 km NNW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.460 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.870 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 108 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.662 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 126 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.82 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.041 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 88 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.574 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 115 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.564 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 129 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.166 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 119 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 113 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.842 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 184 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.664 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.737 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 89 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.920 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.070 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 114 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.812 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.440 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 179 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.960 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 140 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 102 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.614 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.256 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 105 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.616 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.737 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 91 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.878 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.611 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 64 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 89 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.521 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.614 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.567 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 110 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.553 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 91 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 121 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.810 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.649 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 126 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.517 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.242 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 98 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.546 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 94 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 90 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.925 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.422 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
The first 60 of 194.
Before
- 1.761 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 106 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.366 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 110 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.646 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 87 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 100 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.843 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 98 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.146 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 90 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.076 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 125 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.676 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 129 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.57 km NE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.514 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.948 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 88 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 111 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.864 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 112 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.582 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 119 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 96 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 97 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 90 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.84 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
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