M1.6 earthquake 38 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 38 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Mon, Jan 4, 2021, 6:36 AM AKST (15:36 UTC), 93 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 55 km ENE 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
- 2021-01-04 15:36:06 UTC
- Depth
- 93.4 km (58.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.271° N, 152.210° 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
- 46
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
- 2.363 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 116 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.07 km WSW of Fox River, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.967 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 110 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 96 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.973 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 124 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.914 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 61 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.865 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 117 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.959 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 108 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.58 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 55 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.936 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 136 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.973 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 124 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.561 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 94 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.631 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 85 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 83 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.764 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 127 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.58 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.633 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 80 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.67 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.821 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.942 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 163 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.644 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 92 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.822 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 75 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.9Southern Alaska · 2089 days ago · 108 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.719 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 58 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 92 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.017 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 59 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.650 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 93 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.960 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 100 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.811 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 93 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.751 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 90 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.162 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 144 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.540 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 82 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.942 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 147 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.451 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 128 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.661 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 107 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.941 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 135 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.028 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 174 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 99 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.367 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 126 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.331 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 72 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.852 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 90 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.739 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 81 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 88 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.860 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 132 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 118 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 112 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.247 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.059 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 104 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.12 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 61 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.055 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 135 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.137 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 176 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 106 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.320 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 156 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 2085 days ago · 103 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.223 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 79 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.927 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 78 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.759 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 101 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.861 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 82 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2084 days ago · 135 km deep · 59 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.971 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 126 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.955 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 100 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.653 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 142 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 95 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 86 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.047 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 159 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 111 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 108 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.66 km S of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.646 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 90 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.265 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 115 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.856 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 141 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.659 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 129 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.142 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 112 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.637 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 115 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.048 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 121 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.55 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 55 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.675 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 110 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 94 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.662 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 94 km deep · 90 km away
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