M2.0 earthquake Southern Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 6:53 PM AKDT (02:53 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 15 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-21 02:53:39 UTC
- Depth
- 87.3 km (54.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.262° N, 152.899° 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
- 47
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 187 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.53 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 88 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 93 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 117 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.935 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 132 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 106 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.850 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 58 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.638 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 131 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.548 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 123 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.257 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 122 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.551 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 68 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 88 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.762 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 55 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.956 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 65 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1866 days ago · 123 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 128 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.669 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 67 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 104 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 101 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 90 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.517 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 70 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 109 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1865 days ago · 117 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.550 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 75 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.58 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 54 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.93 km ENE of Kachemak, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.688 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 62 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.244 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 96 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 96 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.257 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 100 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.833 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 75 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.648 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 129 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.852 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 153 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.03 km SE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.556 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 100 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 108 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.164 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 116 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.615 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
- 2.345 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 65 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 86 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.065 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 97 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.245 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 143 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.651 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 104 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.124 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 49 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.065 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 80 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.649 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 94 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 1861 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.643 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 127 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.152 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 76 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 117 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.773 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.645 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 113 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.533 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 126 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.763 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 86 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.354 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 99 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.638 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 68 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.666 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 112 km deep · 89 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 115 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.650 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 84 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 99 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.640 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 140 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.561 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 108 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.833 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 125 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1870 days ago · 102 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.69 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 96 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.876 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.516 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.859 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 101 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.929 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 157 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 79 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.156 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 96 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.946 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 94 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.970 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 105 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.868 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 113 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 124 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.671 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 103 km deep · 22 km away
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