M2.2 earthquake 80 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 80 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Mon, Aug 16, 2021, 6:27 PM AKDT (02:27 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 44 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-17 02:27:40 UTC
- Depth
- 113.2 km (70.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.510° N, 152.786° 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
- 87
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
- 1.716 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.657 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 111 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.681 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 115 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.868 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 84 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 113 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.544 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 175 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.846 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 148 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.046 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 103 km deep · 82 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 · 45 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 94 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.967 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 118 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 94 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.963 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 118 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.644 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 111 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.512 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.672 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 119 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.967 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 126 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 93 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.954 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 86 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.747 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 115 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 106 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.744 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 130 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.668 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 132 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 89 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.642 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 79 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.038 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 128 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.359 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 112 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.969 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 101 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 110 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.655 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 92 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.640 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 75 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.247 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 80 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.635 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 78 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.136 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 140 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.314 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 107 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.910 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 105 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.142 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 98 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.757 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 105 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.146 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 136 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.752 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 128 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 104 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.659 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 107 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.838 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 132 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 97 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.326 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 85 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.647 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.617 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 71 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.968 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 97 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.225 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.738 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.754 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.044 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 84 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.68 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 87 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.254 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 132 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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