Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 40 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 40 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska on Tue, Aug 24, 2021, 5:11 AM AKDT (13:11 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 39 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-08-24 13:11:12 UTC
Depth
48.2 km (30.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.805° N, 168.304° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.627 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 80 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 4.251 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 49 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 1.529 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 53 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 1.757 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 2.850 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 1.954 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 2.957 km W of Nikolski, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.857 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 4.041 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 53 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 1.965 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.789 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.8135 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.055 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 1.984 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 53 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 1.688 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.741 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 1.9140 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.9136 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 3.174 km NNE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 133 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.9103 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 1.570 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 2.115 km NNE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 100 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 1.930 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 2.071 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 1.578 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 3.220 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 83 km deep · 27 km away
  27. 1.8102 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 3.367 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 2.380 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  30. 2.749 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 2.652 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 34 km deep · 13 km away
  32. 2.098 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 4.439 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 39 km deep · 7 km away
  34. 1.944 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away
  35. 1.846 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
  36. 3.2109 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 1.9107 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 2.191 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 2.5107 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  40. 2.984 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 2.225 km W of Nikolski, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 86 km deep · 63 km away
  42. 1.8105 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 2.954 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  44. 3.091 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 2.150 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 65 km deep · 31 km away
  46. 3.782 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 2.082 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 1.8103 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  49. 3.887 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  50. 3.768 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 130 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 3.685 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 113 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 3.342 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
  53. 2.345 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 3.686 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
  55. 1.787 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 2.756 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 3.696 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 3.268 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 87 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.768 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.047 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.595 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.6100 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.670 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.086 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.962 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 67 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 1.639 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 1.633 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 3.025 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 1.985 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.585 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 1.730 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 44 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 2.778 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 3.942 km WNW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 136 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.956 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.792 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away

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