M2.5 earthquake 23 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 23 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Fri, Oct 29, 2021, 12:14 PM AKDT (20:14 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 15 km W 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
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-29 20:14:39 UTC
- Depth
- 78.9 km (49.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.744° N, 151.712° 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
- 109
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 177 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.78 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 51 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.042 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 82 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.620 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.967 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 95 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.441 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.140 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 78 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.561 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 61 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.881 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 118 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.524 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.67 km W of Soldotna, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 57 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.630 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 74 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.859 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 102 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 85 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.714 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 97 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.843 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 82 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.09 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 58 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 98 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.114 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.78 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.08 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.614 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 66 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.415 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 66 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.82 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 84 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.714 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 87 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 103 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.653 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.1Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 93 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.186 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 133 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.129 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.623 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 73 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.624 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.473 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 128 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.837 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 85 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.519 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.849 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 75 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.911 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.815 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 87 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.612 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.511 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.220 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.712 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.972 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.53 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.773 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 133 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.742 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 88 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.817 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.267 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 123 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.666 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 108 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.58 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 110 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 109 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.530 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.861 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 115 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.619 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.566 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 118 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.012 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.342 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.619 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 70 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.768 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 120 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.92 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.622 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1796 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.342 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 86 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.277 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 117 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.646 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 81 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 87 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.514 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.736 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 77 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 109 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.750 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 94 km deep · 98 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021dvsakb5 (also filed as us7000fpwf). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 12:34 PM UTC.