M1.6 earthquake 11 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 11 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska on Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 11:48 AM AKDT (19:48 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 27 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-18 19:48:32 UTC
- Depth
- 46.0 km (28.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.136° N, 151.540° 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
- 40
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 199 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.76 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 110 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 104 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.269 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 105 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.717 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.745 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 66 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.66 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.812 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 47 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.260 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 109 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.161 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.886 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 124 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 96 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.844 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 96 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 95 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1803 days ago · 112 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.223 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.769 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 118 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.629 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.640 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 70 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.718 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 63 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.149 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 122 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.541 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.017 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 52 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.07 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.427 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7
- 1.861 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 97 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.731 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.826 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 85 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.359 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 95 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.869 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 122 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.628 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 75 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.738 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.520 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.614 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 76 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 95 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.743 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 94 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.745 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 88 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.865 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.837 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.725 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 103 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.911 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 92 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.622 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.260 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 102 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.77 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 70 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.161 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 107 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 109 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.843 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 94 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.664 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 100 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.034 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 207 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.573 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 123 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.655 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 142 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.464 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 119 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 78 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.630 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 100 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.666 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 124 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.511 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.953 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 68 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 102 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1805 days ago · 96 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.022 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 62 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.811 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 46 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.933 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.87 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.211 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 51 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.634 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 80 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1806 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 1.612 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 48 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.53 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 62 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.310 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 48 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.712 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 54 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 221 · tsunami flag
- 1.662 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 100 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.732 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.855 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 86 km deep · 87 km away
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