Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 38 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 38 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Wed, Mar 10, 2021, 8:49 PM AKST (05:49 UTC), 78 km (49 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 41 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-03-11 05:49:19 UTC
Depth
78.4 km (48.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
60.234° N, 152.258° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
32

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 201 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.912 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.060 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 129 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.044 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 101 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.736 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 85 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 2.831 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 70 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 1.613 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.837 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 71 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 3.127 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 77 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.05 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 2.447 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 119 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.964 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 118 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.519 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 80 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 3.841 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 14
  15. 1.67 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.625 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 83 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.869 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 104 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 1.624 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 1.831 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 84 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 1.547 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 91 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 1.540 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 77 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 2.236 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 132 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 1.661 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 109 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 1.937 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 127 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 2.058 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 113 km deep · 21 km away
  26. 2.273 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 130 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2023 days ago · 93 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 1.64 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 63 km deep · 39 km away
  29. 1.768 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 126 km deep · 45 km away
  30. 2.355 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 102 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 1.658 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 102 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 1.627 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 69 km deep · 25 km away
  33. 1.533 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 84 km deep · 47 km away
  34. 1.860 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 103 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 1.958 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 93 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 1.670 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  37. 1.543 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 127 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 1.510 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 69 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 1.656 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 93 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 1.842 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 135 km deep · 72 km away
  41. 1.616 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 2.950 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 161 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 1.746 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 104 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 1.638 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 74 km deep · 24 km away
  45. 1.86 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
  46. 1.755 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 95 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.768 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 111 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 1.741 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 98 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 2.248 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 98 km deep · 64 km away
  50. 2.624 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 67 km deep · 29 km away
  51. 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 117 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 2.355 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 160 km deep · 62 km away
  53. 2.119 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 111 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 1.94 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 1.951 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 124 km deep · 65 km away
  57. 2.143 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 88 km deep · 7 km away
  58. 1.727 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 83 km deep · 45 km away
  59. 1.641 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 155 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 1.739 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 117 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.042 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 89 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 1.64 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 54 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.719 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.862 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 93 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 1.753 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 76 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 1.548 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.134 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 128 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 1.759 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 90 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.569 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 123 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.439 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 174 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.567 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 111 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.840 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 77 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 2.346 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 177 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 1.533 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 130 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.758 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 98 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 3.150 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 91 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 1.551 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 1.545 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 88 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.657 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 103 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 1.666 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 104 km deep · 39 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02137uw06e. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 2:32 PM UTC.