Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 42 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 42 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sun, Aug 15, 2021, 7:22 PM AKDT (03:22 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 5 km SSW of Kasilof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-16 03:22:27 UTC
Depth
98.0 km (60.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
60.322° N, 152.195° 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
116

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

  1. 1.649 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 73 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.630 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 90 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.540 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 151 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.56 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.925 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.649 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 109 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.422 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.683 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 123 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.280 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 113 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 2.241 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 182 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.868 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 113 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.765 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 107 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 1.869 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 122 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 1.614 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.618 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.614 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.946 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 94 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 1.937 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 79 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.111 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.156 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 96 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 2.764 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 141 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 1.647 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 79 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 1.929 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 157 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 1.821 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 2.859 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 2.116 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 125 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 1.628 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 83 km deep · 16 km away
  29. 2.617 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 2.433 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 1.710 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 2.1Southern Alaska · 1864 days ago · 102 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 1.578 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 124 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 2.739 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 75 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 1.833 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 125 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 1.561 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 108 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 1.544 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 81 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 1.640 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 140 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 1.77 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 61 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 1.561 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 99 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 1.650 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 84 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 1.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 115 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 1.745 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 97 km deep · 23 km away
  44. 1.53 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
  46. 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 1.547 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 93 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 1.935 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 132 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 1.683 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 143 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 1.849 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 106 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 1.767 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 138 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 1.638 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 131 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 1.648 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 92 km deep · 29 km away
  54. 1.967 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 122 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 1.612 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 1.548 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 123 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 1.653 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 88 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 1.520 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 128 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 1.969 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 138 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.317 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 83 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 1.958 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 106 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.752 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 133 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 104 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.517 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1868 days ago · 131 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 106 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.739 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 137 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 3.942 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 149 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  10. 1.565 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1869 days ago · 87 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.649 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 97 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 1.663 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 116 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 1.634 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 126 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.866 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 121 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 1.553 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 91 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 1.922 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 54 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.522 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.311 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 1.567 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 110 km deep · 80 km away

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