Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 48 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 48 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Mon, Jun 21, 2021, 6:53 AM AKDT (14:53 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.3 21 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-21 14:53:08 UTC
Depth
97.3 km (60.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
60.217° N, 152.469° 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
39

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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 135 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.96 km SE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.956 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 105 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 1.567 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 143 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 1.89 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.954 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 120 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 2.766 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 113 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.131 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 181 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.173 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 121 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 1.814 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 57 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 1.814 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.811 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.155 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 87 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 1.847 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 81 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 2.053 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 92 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 2.175 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 112 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 1.863 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 115 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 2.237 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 156 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 1.847 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 88 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 2.338 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 93 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 2.647 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 94 km deep · 22 km away
  21. 2.060 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 94 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 1.835 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 87 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 1.530 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 53 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 1.9Southern Alaska · 1917 days ago · 171 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 1.659 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 113 km deep · 43 km away
  26. 1.644 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 94 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 2.457 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 85 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 2.155 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 91 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 1.537 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 82 km deep · 26 km away
  32. 1.759 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 97 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 1.821 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
  34. 1.75 km W of Soldotna, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 1.854 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 96 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 1.538 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  37. 1.59 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 55 km deep · 44 km away
  38. 1.522 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 1.557 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 100 km deep · 68 km away
  40. 1.615 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
  41. 1.53 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
  42. 1.547 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 160 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 108 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 2.967 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 115 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 2.169 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 122 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 2.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 102 km deep · 45 km away
  47. 1.62 km NNE of Kenai, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 1.726 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 148 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 97 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 2.134 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 87 km deep · 37 km away
  51. 2.86 km ENE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  52. 1.78 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away
  53. 2.28 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
  54. 4.325 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 86 · tsunami flag
  55. 1.525 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 78 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 1.62 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 1.837 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 84 km deep · 27 km away
  58. 1.881 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 125 km deep · 39 km away
  59. 2.339 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 133 km deep · 65 km away
  60. 2.340 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 85 km deep · 35 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.561 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 95 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 2.371 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 123 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.646 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 82 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.213 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.558 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 106 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 1.753 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 116 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 86 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.712 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.994 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.854 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 104 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.245 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 134 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.453 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 103 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 1.959 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 143 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 1.564 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 92 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.948 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 99 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 1.628 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 96 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 1.826 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 92 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.559 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 91 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 2.043 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 144 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.545 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 136 km deep · 58 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0217wp354x. Read Fri, Sep 25, 2026, 6:36 PM UTC.