M1.5 earthquake 53 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 53 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 2:51 AM AKDT (10:51 UTC), 91 km (57 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 59 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-12 10:51:43 UTC
- Depth
- 91.3 km (56.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.338° N, 152.431° 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
- 32
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
- 2.259 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 108 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.753 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 127 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.874 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 118 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 97 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.957 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 104 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.560 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 100 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.760 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 92 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.826 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.719 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 117 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.955 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 91 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.272 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 110 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.910 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.570 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 104 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.971 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 128 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.379 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 119 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.923 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 77 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.569 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 119 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 97 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.663 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 107 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.716 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.657 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 111 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.681 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 115 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 97 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.868 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 113 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 84 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 113 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.544 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 175 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.846 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 148 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.046 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 103 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.520 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.937 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 137 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 90 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 94 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.967 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 118 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.627 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 94 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.963 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 118 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.644 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 111 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.512 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.967 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 126 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.619 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.77 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 93 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.954 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 86 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.747 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 115 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 85 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.245 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 106 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.744 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 130 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.668 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 132 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 89 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.642 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 79 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.038 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 128 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.359 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 112 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.969 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 101 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 110 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.655 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 92 km deep · 38 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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