Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 57 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 57 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska on Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 6:59 PM AKDT (02:59 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 74 km WNW of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-24 02:59:14 UTC
Depth
32.3 km (20.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.605° N, 169.519° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
9

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 65 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.544 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 1.663 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 2.1102 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.384 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.747 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 4.274 km WNW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 112 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.756 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.051 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 1.8Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.149 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 2.8130 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.3139 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.649 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 2.249 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.775 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 2.2Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 3.444 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 3.1140 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.956 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 3.942 km WNW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 136 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 2.778 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  22. 1.730 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 1.9130 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 1.985 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 2.093 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  26. 1.996 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  27. 3.025 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
  28. 2.1112 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 1.633 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 1.639 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 2.294 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
  32. 2.097 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 3.194 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  34. 3.7157 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 2.047 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  36. 3.268 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 87 km deep · 11 km away
  37. 3.696 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 2.3127 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 2.756 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 1.840 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 3.627 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 80 km deep · 35 km away
  42. 4.251 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 1.529 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 2.850 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  45. 2.784 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  46. 1.954 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 2.957 km W of Nikolski, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  48. 1.857 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
  49. 4.041 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 1.965 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away
  51. 2.055 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  52. 1.741 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 2.4152 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 2.115 km NNE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 100 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 3.3112 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 1.930 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  57. 2.6139 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 88 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 2.071 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  59. 3.220 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 83 km deep · 59 km away
  60. 3.4126 km W of Nikolski, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 217 km deep · 95 km away

The first 60 of 65.

Before

  1. 2.4144 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 3.8123 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.061 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.228 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.249 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.1Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 3.451 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 2.315 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 62 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 1.847 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.8114 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 1.533 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 2.8112 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 3.8106 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 44 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 2.376 km NW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 223 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.514 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 2.231 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 75 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 3.088 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 144 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 2.057 km NNW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 159 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 3.863 km W of Nikolski, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 136 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 1.946 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away

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