M1.6 earthquake 83 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 83 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sat, Aug 21, 2021, 9:05 AM AKDT (17:05 UTC), 143 km (89 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 12 km SSW of Clam Gulch, 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
- 2021-08-21 17:05:13 UTC
- Depth
- 143.0 km (88.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.489° N, 152.896° 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
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 182 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.849 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 106 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.767 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 138 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.638 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 131 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 92 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.967 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 122 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.548 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 123 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 128 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.969 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 138 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.655 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 110 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 101 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 90 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.772 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 120 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 109 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1858 days ago · 117 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.97 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.344 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 90 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.244 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 96 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.257 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 100 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.648 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 129 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.852 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 153 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.763 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 114 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.543 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 89 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 108 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.854 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 151 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.164 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 116 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.615 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
- 2.860 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 142 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.843 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 83 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.713 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.245 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 143 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.651 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 104 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.088 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 130 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.715 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 84 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.114 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 63 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 114 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.649 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 94 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 1854 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.836 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 73 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.643 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 127 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 117 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.667 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 120 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.645 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 113 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.078 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.533 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 126 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.763 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.354 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 99 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.666 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 112 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.134 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 122 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.853 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 127 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.431 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 144 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.916 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 67 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.568 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 129 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.846 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 118 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.568 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 115 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.237 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 89 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.78 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 67 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 105 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.153 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 97 km deep · 83 km away
The first 60 of 196.
Before
- 1.935 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 132 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 93 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.745 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 97 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 115 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.650 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 84 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.77 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.640 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 140 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.544 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 81 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.561 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 108 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.379 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.833 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 125 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.739 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 75 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.578 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 124 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1863 days ago · 102 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.617 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 83 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 125 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.859 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 101 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.929 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 157 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.764 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 141 km deep · 35 km away
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