M2.2 earthquake 6 km E of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 6 km E of Nikiski, Alaska on Sun, Sep 26, 2021, 10:02 PM AKDT (06:02 UTC), 59 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 12 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-27 06:02:46 UTC
- Depth
- 58.5 km (36.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.690° N, 151.161° 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
- 96
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 130 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.529 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.215 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.522 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.156 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.665 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 111 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.544 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 86 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.06 km E of Hope, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.067 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 140 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.529 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.847 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 121 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 67 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.623 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.825 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.619 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 93 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.665 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 136 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.545 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 78 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.936 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 85 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.512 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.813 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.756 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 91 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.144 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 77 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.56 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 56 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.79 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 30
- 1.516 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 72 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.944 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 91 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.69 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.873 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 121 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.517 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 77 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 72 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.726 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 76 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.615 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.515 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.511 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 57 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.513 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 108 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.27 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.873 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 124 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.564 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1816 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.042 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 82 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.563 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 103 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.73 km W of Hope, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
- 2.019 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 41 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.511 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 66 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.821 km SSE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.065 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 120 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.615 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 70 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.01 km N of Funny River, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 52 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.531 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 57 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.753 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 105 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.629 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 77 km deep · 35 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.514 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.116 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 87 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.42 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.68 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.044 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 84 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.21 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 43 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 18
- 1.812 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.225 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 76 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.89 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.656 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 89 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.27 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 104 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.142 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 98 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.526 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.314 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 71 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.247 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 80 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.516 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.66 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.80 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
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