Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 18 km SW of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 18 km SW of Old Harbor, Alaska on Tue, Nov 2, 2021, 4:16 PM AKDT (00:16 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.8 20 km NNE of Old Harbor, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-11-03 00:16:38 UTC
Depth
21.9 km (13.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.106° N, 153.552° 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
19

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 56 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.519 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 1.632 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 1.642 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.527 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.530 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 52 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.534 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.820 km NNE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 1.532 km W of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 1.659 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.533 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.181 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.722 km WSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.956 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 2.527 km SW of Port Lions, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 58 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 1.648 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.530 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.520 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.721 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 2.914 km WNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.513 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 1.721 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 2.359 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 2.036 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 1.635 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 1.549 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.637 km N of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 50 km deep · 52 km away
  27. 1.842 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 2.147 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 2.43 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  30. 2.416 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 1.518 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 58 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 1.632 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 1.636 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 3.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  35. 1.630 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 1.660 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 1.94 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  39. 1.845 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 1.735 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 1.99 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 1.932 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
  43. 1.533 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
  44. 1.935 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 1.540 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
  46. 1.919 km SSE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 1.925 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
  48. 1.638 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  49. 3.753 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  50. 5.047 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6 · tsunami flag
  51. 1.515 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 2.054 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 2.646 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 km away
  54. 1.958 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 1.714 km SW of Chiniak, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  56. 1.957 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 1.516 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 1.635 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.721 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.828 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.742 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.128 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.819 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.520 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.124 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 49 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 2.620 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.134 km SW of Port Lions, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 51 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 1.612 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.511 km ESE of Karluk, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.232 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.711 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 1.646 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 2.127 km E of Akhiok, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 1.645 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.526 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021e3q32a7. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:52 AM UTC.