M2.5 earthquake 15 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 15 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Mon, Jan 18, 2021, 7:09 AM AKST (16:09 UTC), 67 km (41 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 55 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-18 16:09:52 UTC
- Depth
- 66.5 km (41.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.184° N, 151.733° 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
- 117
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.956 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 102 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.953 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 87 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.711 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 68 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.916 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 78 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.027 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 79 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.258 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 100 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.730 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 86 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.14 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 66 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.268 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 124 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.250 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 76 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.536 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.536 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 78 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.552 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 99 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.625 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.454 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 83 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 78 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.765 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 125 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.927 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.436 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 88 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.742 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 86 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.828 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 55 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.524 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 74 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.2Southern Alaska · 2074 days ago · 156 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.525 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 91 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.739 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 99 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57 km NE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 57 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.946 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 121 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 82 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.933 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.969 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 119 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.741 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 89 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.261 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 105 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.624 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.616 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 80 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.163 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 139 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.811 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 55 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 94 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.279 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 138 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.768 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 109 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.617 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 67 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.619 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.512 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 77 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.248 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 119 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.520 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.074 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 121 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 97 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.562 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 104 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.659 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 151 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 100 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.848 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 155 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.171 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 133 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 97 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.82 km W of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 72 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 58 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 104 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.462 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 124 km deep · 81 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.628 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 84 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 112 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 107 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.255 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 102 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.788 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 132 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.614 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 62 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 117 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.755 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 106 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.725 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 70 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.525 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.648 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 95 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.816 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 66 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.517 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 64 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 105 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.662 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 94 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.89 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.88 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 51 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2081 days ago · 80 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.754 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 81 km deep · 42 km away
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