M1.7 earthquake 7 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 7 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska on Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 12:17 AM AKDT (08:17 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 59 km WNW 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-20 08:17:44 UTC
- Depth
- 61.4 km (38.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.045° N, 151.527° 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
- 63
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
- 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 106 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.668 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 132 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 89 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.642 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 79 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.359 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 112 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.969 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 101 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.655 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 92 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.640 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 75 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.247 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 80 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.635 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.314 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 107 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.910 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 76 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 4
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.757 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 105 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.752 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 128 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 104 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.659 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 107 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.039 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 97 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.326 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 85 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.647 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 90 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.617 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 71 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.137 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.968 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 97 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.918 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.225 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.738 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 78 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.754 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.044 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 84 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.68 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 56 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 87 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.254 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 132 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.338 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.116 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 36 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.753 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 97 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 105 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.540 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 87 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.89 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 54 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 1.515 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 119 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.26 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.758 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 118 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.215 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 58 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.025 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 101 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 103 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1821 days ago · 141 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.825 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.961 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 94 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.635 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1821 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.156 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 87 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.652 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 111 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.544 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 86 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.063 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 111 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.162 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 92 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 111 km deep · 78 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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