M1.5 earthquake Southern Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Sun, Jul 18, 2021, 4:52 AM AKDT (12:52 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 21 km NNW 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-18 12:52:11 UTC
- Depth
- 106.1 km (65.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.688° N, 153.206° 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
- 46
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 186 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.661 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 96 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.642 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 138 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.045 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 127 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 106 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.671 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 118 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.842 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 131 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 99 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.667 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.03 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.321 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 58 · tsunami flag
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.621 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.121 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.046 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 109 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.062 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 129 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.540 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 116 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.219 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.835 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 134 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.736 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 125 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.853 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 126 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.655 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 113 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.135 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 140 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.938 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 135 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 84 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.958 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 133 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.549 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 91 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.522 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.629 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 85 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.744 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 66 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.644 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 123 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 100 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.068 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 134 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 109 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.948 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 95 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.038 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 132 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.040 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 139 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.524 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 86 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.250 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 131 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.933 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 172 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.033 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.954 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 122 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1892 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.651 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 89 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.055 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 113 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.558 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 106 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.936 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 123 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 90 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.041 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 117 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 1.848 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 152 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.855 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 134 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.055 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 121 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.564 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 95 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 97 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.673 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 86 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.070 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 105 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 96 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.432 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 130 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.461 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 126 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.549 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 77 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.356 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 131 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.620 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 71 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.925 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1896 days ago · 88 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.163 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 104 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.565 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 103 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.630 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 84 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.036 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.534 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 140 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.534 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.060 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 94 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.563 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 112 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.562 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 100 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.743 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 113 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.673 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 93 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.661 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.859 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 95 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.642 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 74 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.571 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 104 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.546 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 132 km deep · 43 km away
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