M1.7 earthquake 41 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 41 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Apr 1, 2021, 10:31 PM AKDT (06:31 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 50 km WNW of Nanwalek, 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
- 2021-04-02 06:31:49 UTC
- Depth
- 88.3 km (54.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.283° N, 152.256° 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
- 53
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.910 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.515 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.848 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 102 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 101 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 74 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.858 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 110 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.814 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 45 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.958 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 104 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.54 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 48 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 109 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 129 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.570 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 121 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.731 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 125 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.623 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.57 km NNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.03 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 70 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.756 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 105 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.838 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 74 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.644 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 88 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Kenai, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.870 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 122 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.726 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 77 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.953 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 102 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 112 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.256 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 104 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.880 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 130 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.533 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.62 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 56 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 115 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.683 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 126 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.320 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 74 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.526 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 83 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 82 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.870 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 113 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 110 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.657 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 129 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.749 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 139 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 98 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.849 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 143 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.659 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 111 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 114 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.56 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.264 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 107 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.742 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 121 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.560 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 96 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 83 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.616 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 85 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.236 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 136 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.747 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 119 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.649 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 84 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.854 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 93 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.78 km N of Port Graham, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 56 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.335 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 131 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.744 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 116 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.541 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 88 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.546 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 142 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.865 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 124 km deep · 49 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.049 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 85 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.885 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.763 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 101 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 99 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.021 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 86 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 4
- 1.824 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 102 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.526 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 56 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.060 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 101 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.831 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 79 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.621 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 90 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.073 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 129 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.629 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 77 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.236 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 74 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.650 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 97 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.624 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 76 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.149 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 91 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 92 km deep · 8 km away
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