Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 84 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 84 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska on Mon, Jul 26, 2021, 3:01 PM AKDT (23:01 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 70 km E of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-07-26 23:01:48 UTC
Depth
38.1 km (23.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.216° N, 168.484° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.747 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.756 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.051 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.8Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.149 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.8130 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.649 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.249 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.775 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.2Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 3.444 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 41 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.956 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.778 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.730 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 1.585 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.985 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 3.025 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.633 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.639 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.962 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 67 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 4.086 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 4.670 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.6100 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  24. 3.194 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 2.047 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 1.768 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 3.268 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 87 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 3.696 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 2.756 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 1.840 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 3.627 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 4.251 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 49 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 1.529 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 53 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 1.757 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 2.850 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 2.784 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  37. 1.954 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
  38. 1.857 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 4.041 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 1.965 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 1.9161 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 1.789 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.055 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  44. 1.984 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
  45. 1.741 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away
  46. 2.9103 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 2.4159 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 2.115 km NNE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 100 km deep · 95 km away
  49. 1.930 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 2.071 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
  51. 3.220 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 83 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 3.367 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  53. 3.195 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 2.380 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  55. 2.749 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  56. 2.652 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
  57. 4.439 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away
  58. 1.944 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
  59. 1.846 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 2.1102 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.663 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.544 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 1.857 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 3.8123 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.061 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.228 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 92 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.249 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.1Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 3.451 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.315 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.847 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 1.533 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.8112 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 4.052 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.876 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.514 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.231 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 75 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.946 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 3.375 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away

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