M1.5 earthquake 69 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 69 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, Sep 14, 2021, 6:09 PM AKDT (02:09 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.6 65 km WNW of Nanwalek, 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
- 2021-09-15 02:09:49 UTC
- Depth
- 118.6 km (73.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.283° N, 152.831° 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
- 17
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
- 1.665 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.854 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 75 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.837 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 137 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.746 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 168 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 1.635 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 76 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.867 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 88 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.750 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 94 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 93 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.954 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 102 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 94 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 87 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.948 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 80 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.551 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 85 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.646 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 81 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.277 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 117 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.342 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 86 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1793 days ago · 105 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.759 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 95 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.92 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.768 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 120 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.946 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 122 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 96 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.839 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 143 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.655 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 92 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 89 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.962 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 97 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 105 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.563 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 106 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.228 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 128 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.027 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 131 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.937 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 119 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.523 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.262 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 119 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.78 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.042 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 82 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.620 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.967 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 95 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.146 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 113 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.061 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 101 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.441 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 81 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.140 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 78 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.78 km WNW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.561 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.881 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 118 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.67 km W of Soldotna, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.062 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 105 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.859 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 102 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.6Southern Alaska · 1788 days ago · 130 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 85 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.714 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 70 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 97 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.843 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 82 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.09 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 93 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 98 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.114 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.78 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 56 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.614 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.415 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
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