M1.5 earthquake 21 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 21 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska on Tue, Aug 10, 2021, 9:02 AM AKDT (17:02 UTC), 6 km (4 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-10 17:02:52 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.862° N, 151.125° 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 141 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.614 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.923 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.567 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 110 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.311 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.87 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.922 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.25 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.553 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 121 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.810 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 63 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.310 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 63 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.81 km NNW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.616 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.626 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.815 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 62 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.667 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 126 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.128 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.86 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.517 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 73 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.242 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 98 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.546 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 94 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 90 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.925 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 73 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.74 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.422 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 73 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.683 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 123 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.280 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 113 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.869 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 122 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 80 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.614 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 71 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.618 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.614 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 111 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.937 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 79 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.111 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.821 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 55 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 55 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 83 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.617 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 64 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.83 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.433 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.720 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.33 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.578 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 124 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.739 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.379 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.923 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.544 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.710 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.77 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.833 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 78 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.745 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 97 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.014 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.967 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 122 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of 194.
Before
- 1.67 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.611 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 64 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.878 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.737 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 91 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.929 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.616 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 105 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.519 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 53 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.614 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 55 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.98 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.812 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.070 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 114 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.510 km NW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 1.920 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.737 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 89 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.521 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 56 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.664 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.915 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.524 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
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