Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 28 km N of Pilot Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 28 km N of Pilot Point, Alaska on Thu, Apr 15, 2021, 1:59 AM AKDT (09:59 UTC), 189 km (118 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 85 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-15 09:59:04 UTC
Depth
189.1 km (117.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
57.820° N, 157.521° 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

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Stations used
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.655 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 124 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 1.887 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 76 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.249 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 107 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 3.785 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 128 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.778 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 132 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.151 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 90 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.633 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 141 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.488 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.190 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 3.186 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.884 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.562 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 132 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.244 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 119 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 2.439 km WSW of Egegik, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 1.982 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 130 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 3.088 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.688 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.689 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.693 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.991 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 1.687 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.240 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 138 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.280 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 127 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 3.163 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 136 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.038 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.974 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.123 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 117 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.127 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 1.680 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 138 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.640 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 112 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.251 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 108 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.685 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.925 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 109 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 2.849 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 119 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.851 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.049 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 91 km deep · 74 km away

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