M2.1 earthquake 56 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 56 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Wed, Sep 29, 2021, 9:51 AM AKDT (17:51 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 12 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-29 17:51:45 UTC
- Depth
- 87.1 km (54.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.361° N, 152.474° 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: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 187 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.652 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 111 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.665 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.544 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 86 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.063 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 111 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.162 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 92 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 111 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.067 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 140 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 121 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.961 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 92 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 90 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.658 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 99 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 67 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 69 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.265 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 107 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.527 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 69 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.619 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.254 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 102 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.548 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 81 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.678 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 109 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.120 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 145 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 101 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 93 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.545 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 78 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.945 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 86 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.936 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 75 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.843 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.035 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 94 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.950 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 162 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.929 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 148 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.756 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 91 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.144 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 77 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.958 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.627 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.769 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 112 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.537 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 71 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.56 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.859 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 97 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.742 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 114 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 83 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.516 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.944 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 91 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.932 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.335 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.751 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 91 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.938 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 126 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.868 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 123 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.533 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 122 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.343 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.546 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 113 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.873 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 121 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 110 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.951 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 86 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.752 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.234 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 138 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 112 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.238 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 118 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 72 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.075 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 136 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1821 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.961 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 94 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1821 days ago · 141 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 103 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9107 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.844 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 122 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 101 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.025 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.215 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 58 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.633 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 125 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.758 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 118 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.26 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 119 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.89 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 54 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 1.560 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 105 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.543 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 156 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.753 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 97 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.116 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.254 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 132 km deep · 59 km away
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