M1.6 earthquake 16 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 16 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Mon, Aug 9, 2021, 6:49 AM AKDT (14:49 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.7 64 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
- 2021-08-09 14:49:43 UTC
- Depth
- 73.1 km (45.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.199° N, 151.729° 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
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.764 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 118 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 123 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 99 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.085 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 146 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.253 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 118 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.053 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 85 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.065 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 112 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.723 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 78 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.288 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 137 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.95 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 51 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.045 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 82 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.362 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 96 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.324 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 66 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.754 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 102 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.010 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 57 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 95 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 62 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.615 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 1.534 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.95 km SSW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 60 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 39 · tsunami flag
- 1.94 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 58 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 1.858 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 100 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.042 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.835 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.524 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 87 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.741 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 84 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.538 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 86 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.24 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 54 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.866 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 110 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.259 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 108 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.753 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 127 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.874 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 118 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 97 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.957 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 104 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.560 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 100 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.114 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 6
- 1.826 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.719 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 117 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.955 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 91 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.814 km ESE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.272 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 110 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.910 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 57 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.570 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 104 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.971 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 128 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.379 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 119 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.923 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 77 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.569 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 119 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 97 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.663 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 107 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.716 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.657 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 111 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.681 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 115 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.868 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 113 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 84 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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