Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 71 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 71 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska on Tue, Sep 7, 2021, 10:19 PM AKDT (06:19 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 69 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-08 06:19:11 UTC
Depth
25.4 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.413° N, 168.248° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.220 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 83 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.8102 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 3.367 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 3.195 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.380 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 2.749 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 2.652 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 2.098 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 4.439 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 1.944 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 39 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 1.846 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 1.9107 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.191 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 2.5107 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 2.984 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.225 km W of Nikolski, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 86 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 1.8105 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 2.954 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.150 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 3.8Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 3.782 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 1.8103 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 3.768 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 130 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 3.342 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
  25. 2.345 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  26. 3.686 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 3.199 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  28. 3.0102 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 2.9102 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 3.948 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 2.330 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 51 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 3.643 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  33. 1.890 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 2.044 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 41 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 2.686 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 2.011 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away
  37. 5.269 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 5 · tsunami flag
  38. 2.181 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away

Before

  1. 1.930 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.115 km NNE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 100 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.9103 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.9136 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.9140 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.741 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 1.984 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 53 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.055 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 1.8135 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.789 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 1.9161 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.965 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 40 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 4.041 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 53 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 1.857 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 1.954 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.784 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.850 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.757 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 1.529 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 4.251 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 49 km deep · 23 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021bj7kt2s. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:41 PM UTC.