M1.7 earthquake 38 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 38 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 1:55 PM AKST (22:55 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 41 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-28 22:55:16 UTC
- Depth
- 87.4 km (54.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.103° N, 152.358° 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
- 42
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.166 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 125 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 98 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.845 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 116 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.845 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 85 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.051 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 92 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.153 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 118 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 89 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 90 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 77 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.24 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 68 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 76 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.438 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 78 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.841 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 77 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.63 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.671 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 113 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.643 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 82 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 95 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.364 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 96 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.346 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 118 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 72 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.79 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.816 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 104 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.756 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 85 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.934 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 123 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.823 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 133 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 88 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.253 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 87 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.842 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 91 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.952 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.945 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 112 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 110 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.653 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 95 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.714 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.540 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 127 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.655 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.647 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 130 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.650 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 133 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.662 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 137 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.543 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 86 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.715 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 66 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.057 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 128 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.285 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 153 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 101 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 98 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.749 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 128 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 106 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 107 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.044 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 113 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.961 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 126 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.654 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 107 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.634 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 95 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.664 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 138 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.660 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 103 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.753 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 125 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.967 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 137 km deep · 40 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.745 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 90 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.722 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.826 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 78 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 100 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.710 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.639 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 142 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.568 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 129 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 116 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 106 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.621 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 74 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.636 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 85 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.369 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 104 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.615 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.141 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 85 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.462 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 124 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 104 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.82 km W of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 72 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 97 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.171 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 133 km deep · 56 km away
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