M1.6 earthquake 46 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 46 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, Mar 2, 2021, 9:09 AM AKST (18:09 UTC), 86 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 41 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-02 18:09:36 UTC
- Depth
- 86.3 km (53.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.226° N, 152.430° 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
- 24
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.130 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.4Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.121 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 65 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 80 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.641 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 120 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.950 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 81 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 90 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.864 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 92 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.67 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.856 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 120 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 90 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.653 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 77 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 91 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.868 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 126 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.850 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 131 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.934 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 79 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.749 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 105 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 104 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 98 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.733 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 76 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.048 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 99 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.643 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 108 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.929 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 87 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.935 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 127 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.545 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 85 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.944 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 131 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.052 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 86 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.819 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 87 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.857 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 154 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.668 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 121 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 90 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.751 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 88 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.552 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 94 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.930 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 129 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.032 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 121 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.665 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 101 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 98 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.957 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 127 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 103 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.950 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 91 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.821 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 73 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.848 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 88 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.560 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 124 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 94 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.055 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 86 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.1Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 60 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.637 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 132 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.569 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 118 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 99 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.759 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 115 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.352 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 147 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.768 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 114 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.710 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 79 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.955 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 124 km deep · 50 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.755 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 127 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 101 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.77 km ESE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.558 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.722 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 100 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.970 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 112 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.823 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 77 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.359 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 99 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.354 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 104 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 1.617 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 70 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.617 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.843 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 82 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.043 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 94 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 99 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.050 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 100 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.249 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 79 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.951 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 88 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.153 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 118 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 85 km deep · 23 km away
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