M1.5 earthquake 25 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 25 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Fri, Nov 12, 2021, 9:00 AM AKST (18:00 UTC), 78 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 22 km WNW 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-12 18:00:13 UTC
- Depth
- 78.0 km (48.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.816° N, 151.679° 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
- 46
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 191 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.69 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 104 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1783 days ago · 102 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.948 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 117 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 116 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 95 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.260 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 98 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.639 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.511 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.134 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.65 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 65 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.845 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 91 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.515 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 103 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 116 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 81 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 97 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.648 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.138 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.528 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.865 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 113 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 79 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.714 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.661 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 113 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.56 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.018 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.969 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 133 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.811 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 70 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.641 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 90 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.516 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 48 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.730 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 70 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.613 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.842 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 85 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.622 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 78 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.942 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 90 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.733 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 76 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1775 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 93 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.843 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 97 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.667 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 113 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.517 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 68 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.56 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 62 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.65 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.626 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 67 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 89 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.628 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.67 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.914 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 78 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.023 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.537 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.370 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 133 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.263 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 110 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.112 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 69 km deep · 32 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.646 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 75 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.513 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.718 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 63 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.819 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 63 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.737 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 80 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.871 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 103 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.824 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.126 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 49 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 12
- 2.024 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 80 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.813 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 71 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.324 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 86 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.346 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 90 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.550 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.743 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 90 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.822 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.870 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 126 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.115 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 68 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.051 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 103 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.62 km NE of Funny River, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
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