M1.8 earthquake 5 km NNW of Ridgeway, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 5 km NNW of Ridgeway, Alaska on Fri, Apr 9, 2021, 3:08 AM AKDT (11:08 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 2 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-09 11:08:12 UTC
- Depth
- 60.9 km (37.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.571° N, 151.137° 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
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 188 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.938 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 86 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.567 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 96 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.521 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 74 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.831 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 79 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.112 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.741 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 36 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.010 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 67 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.618 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.839 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 89 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.040 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 84 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.023 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 63 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1993 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.914 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.211 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 63 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.547 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.724 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 88 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.210 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 54 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.514 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 70 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 57 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.726 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.842 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 91 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.745 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.664 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 102 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 98 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.533 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 75 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.133 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.619 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 60 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.518 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.914 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.72 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.531 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.684 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 134 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.013 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 53 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.876 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 121 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.525 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.669 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 96 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.639 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 86 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.459 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 95 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.57 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 55 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 93 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.568 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 113 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 55 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.32 km NW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 46 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.78 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 62 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.220 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.612 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 51 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.947 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 82 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.81 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 55 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 81 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.827 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 71 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.823 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 49 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.818 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 57 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.640 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.920 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.536 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 87 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.143 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 86 km deep · 56 km away
The first 60 of 195.
Before
- 1.952 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 92 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.728 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 70 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.521 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 4
- 2.029 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 54 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 73 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.61 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 73 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1997 days ago · 116 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.545 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 97 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 91 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.679 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 120 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.937 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.616 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 85 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 83 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 71 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.518 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.264 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 107 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.56 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 65 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.525 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
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