M2.0 earthquake 54 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 54 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 3:53 PM AKDT (23:53 UTC), 90 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 50 km WNW of Nanwalek, 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
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-27 23:53:43 UTC
- Depth
- 89.7 km (55.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.283° N, 152.536° 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
- 59
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 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.247 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 84 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 107 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.160 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 105 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.857 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 98 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.613 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 123 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 109 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 98 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 75 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.033 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 154 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.743 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 103 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.963 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 117 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.162 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 107 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.740 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 139 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.839 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 157 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.048 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.852 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 129 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.75 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.720 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 76 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.243 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 144 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.066 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 97 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.746 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 86 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.845 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 90 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.240 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 149 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.56 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 67 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.419 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 68 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.782 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 113 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.820 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.521 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.746 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.845 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 111 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.267 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 108 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.168 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 111 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.62 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 10
- 1.656 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.249 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 101 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.62 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 91 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.629 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 78 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.013 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.863 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 102 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.935 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 133 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.952 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.365 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 137 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.47 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 1.511 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.913 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.539 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 99 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.842 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 173 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.664 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 128 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 102 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.647 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 104 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.869 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 102 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.523 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 79 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 89 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.583 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 152 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.725 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 84 km deep · 85 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.533 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 130 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 84 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.648 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 147 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.577 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 127 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.045 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 122 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.118 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 109 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.559 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 106 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.021 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 65 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.643 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 145 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1979 days ago · 150 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.552 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 109 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.559 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 146 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.517 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 69 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.973 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 131 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.542 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 77 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.254 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 103 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.541 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 89 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.965 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 113 km deep · 84 km away
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