M1.7 earthquake 56 km W of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 56 km W of Nikiski, Alaska on Sun, Oct 3, 2021, 2:07 AM AKDT (10:07 UTC), 91 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 49 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-03 10:07:14 UTC
- Depth
- 90.9 km (56.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.789° N, 152.309° 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
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.519 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.849 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.911 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.815 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 87 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.612 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.511 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.712 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.972 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.53 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.773 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 133 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.166 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 109 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.742 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 88 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 95 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.817 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.267 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 123 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.666 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 108 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.58 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 110 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 109 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.653 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 84 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 85 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 112 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 88 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.660 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 125 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 106 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.773 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 123 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.765 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 124 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 107 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 105 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.620 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 92 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 118 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.237 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 84 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.237 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 84 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 82 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.121 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.778 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 123 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.070 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 121 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.666 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 108 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 100 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 101 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.548 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 81 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 91 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.62 km NE of Funny River, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.051 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 103 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 68 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.870 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 126 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.822 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.743 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 90 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.550 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 91 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.346 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 90 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.324 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.813 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 80 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.759 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 89 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.871 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 103 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.737 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 80 km deep · 36 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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