Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 81 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 81 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska on Mon, Aug 16, 2021, 12:34 AM AKDT (08:34 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 144 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-16 08:34:56 UTC
Depth
11.6 km (7.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.593° N, 157.985° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.0138 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.797 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 3.3144 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 4.2128 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.7135 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 49 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.291 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.6158 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.2101 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.055 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 2.467 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 3.0140 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 3.0106 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 2.5152 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.266 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 2.665 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 3.0138 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 2.8145 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 2.7129 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.9118 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 2.1129 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 2.1134 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 55 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 2.5125 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 2.8113 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 2.661 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  25. 1.8100 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  26. 2.1south of Alaska · 1861 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 2.3120 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 1.574 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 2.4119 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 2.5138 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 2.0132 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 2.466 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  33. 3.4156 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 1.869 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 3.7150 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 2.193 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
  37. 2.5110 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 2.436 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 74 km deep · 46 km away
  39. 3.0136 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 2.118 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 2.280 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  42. 2.4156 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
  43. 2.0112 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 2.4133 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 2.867 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  46. 2.036 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
  47. 2.4147 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 2.4131 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 3.0137 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 4.564 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
  51. 1.893 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  52. 2.8163 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 2.5130 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 1.9103 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 48 km deep · 26 km away
  55. 1.942 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
  56. 2.196 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 1.665 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
  58. 2.1143 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away
  59. 1.860 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  60. 2.5155 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away

The first 60 of 160.

Before

  1. 2.2125 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.767 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 48 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.0124 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 2.4130 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.0129 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 3.0154 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.947 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 48 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 2.4162 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 3.0161 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.5165 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 3.0143 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.5124 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.3109 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 41 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.3113 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 39 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 1.892 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 2.1138 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.6143 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.6125 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 2.8127 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.945 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away

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