M1.5 earthquake Southern Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Wed, Apr 7, 2021, 3:01 PM AKDT (23:01 UTC), 116 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 17 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-07 23:01:45 UTC
- Depth
- 116.2 km (72.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.975° N, 152.393° 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
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 175 in the 60 days after this one and 168 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.61 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.038 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.728 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 92 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.952 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.065 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 114 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.85 km NNW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.760 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.938 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 86 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.567 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 96 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.521 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.831 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.869 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 124 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.112 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.010 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 67 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.618 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.839 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 89 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.040 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 84 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.547 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 86 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.724 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 88 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.514 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 57 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.726 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 66 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.842 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 91 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.664 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 102 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 98 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.133 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 82 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.619 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.72 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.684 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 134 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.649 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.169 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 137 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.857 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 94 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.013 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.876 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 121 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.065 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.525 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.738 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.669 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 96 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.569 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.639 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 86 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 64 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.459 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 95 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.57 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 93 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.568 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 113 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.32 km NW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 116 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.838 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.947 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 82 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.81 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 81 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.827 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.823 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 49 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.640 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 83 km deep · 27 km away
The first 60 of 175.
Before
- 1.545 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 97 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 91 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.679 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 120 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.865 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 124 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.616 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 85 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 83 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 71 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.264 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 107 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.525 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 98 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.657 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 129 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.870 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 113 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 82 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.526 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 83 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.320 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.683 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 126 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 115 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.637 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.545 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 87 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.880 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 130 km deep · 13 km away
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