M1.6 earthquake 46 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 46 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska on Mon, Oct 11, 2021, 9:23 PM AKDT (05:23 UTC), 112 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 24 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-12 05:23:06 UTC
- Depth
- 111.7 km (69.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.699° N, 152.034° 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
- 22
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 102 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.629 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.023 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.623 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 92 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.867 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 111 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.615 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.626 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 83 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.530 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.827 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 95 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.530 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.540 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 116 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.522 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.523 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.626 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 69 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.721 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.223 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 101 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 113 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.862 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 110 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.521 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 55 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.931 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 117 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.536 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 107 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.828 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.223 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.660 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.568 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.516 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 106 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.859 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.626 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.557 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.516 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.664 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 112 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.749 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 85 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.534 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 76 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.620 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.519 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 66 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.117 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 92 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.913 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 68 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.534 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 115 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 119 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.432 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.628 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 1805 days ago · 77 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.813 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 73 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 104 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 1.558 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 102 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.830 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 79 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.523 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 83 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.629 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 84 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.936 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 104 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.825 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.527 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 61 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.527 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 49 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 112 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.825 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.020 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.665 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.521 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 85 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.065 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 120 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.529 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 104 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.511 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.563 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 103 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1818 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.564 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.550 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 105 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.873 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 124 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.727 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 99 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 90 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.824 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.323 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 62 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.515 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1820 days ago · 120 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 121 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 77 km deep · 82 km away
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