M1.8 earthquake 73 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 73 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 5:18 PM AKST (02:18 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 57 km NW 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
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-13 02:18:54 UTC
- Depth
- 116.9 km (72.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.926° N, 152.541° 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
- 55
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 161 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.668 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 112 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 105 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 126 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 98 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.192 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 170 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.070 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.764 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 104 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.469 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 104 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.754 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.88 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.662 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 94 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.513 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 95 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.725 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 117 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.722 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 76 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.788 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 132 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.338 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 92 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.255 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 102 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.186 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.99 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.752 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 121 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.628 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 84 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.941 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.515 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.956 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 102 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.953 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 87 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.027 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 79 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.730 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 86 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.268 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 124 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.250 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 76 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.536 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 75 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.536 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 78 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.552 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 99 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.745 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.625 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 74 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.519 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 78 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.765 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 125 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.927 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 80 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.436 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 88 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.2Southern Alaska · 2074 days ago · 156 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.543 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 91 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.739 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 99 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57 km NE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.969 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 119 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.741 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 89 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.616 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.163 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 139 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.279 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 138 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.768 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 109 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.513 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 1.512 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 77 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.520 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 59 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.074 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 121 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.659 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 151 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 100 km deep · 79 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.756 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 97 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.065 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 122 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.742 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 79 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.022 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2084 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.977 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 122 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.730 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 83 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.351 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2085 days ago · 135 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.861 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 82 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.759 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 101 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.927 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.223 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 79 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.147 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 106 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.055 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 135 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 112 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.860 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 132 km deep · 93 km away
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