M2.0 earthquake Southern Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 5:21 AM AKDT (13:21 UTC), 96 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 57 km ESE of Pedro Bay, 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
- 2021-10-18 13:21:54 UTC
- Depth
- 95.5 km (59.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.869° N, 152.969° 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
- 52
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.866 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 102 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 68 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.953 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 97 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.131 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 137 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 110 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 104 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.269 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 105 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.146 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 126 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.717 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1809 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 97 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.812 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.260 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 109 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.638 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 130 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.161 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 93 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.886 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 124 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 83 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.524 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 96 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.873 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 74 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.844 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 96 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 95 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.361 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 87 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1808 days ago · 112 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.769 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 118 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.363 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.629 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.640 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 70 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.718 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.149 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 122 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.960 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 95 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.541 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 67 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.915 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 79 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.017 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.654 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 80 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 99 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 97 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.731 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 88 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.826 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 85 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.359 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 95 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.869 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 122 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.738 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 75 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.614 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 76 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 95 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.743 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 94 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.745 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.865 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 113 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.260 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 91 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.837 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 77 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.725 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 75 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.149 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 111 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 103 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.911 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.950 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 152 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 92 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.622 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 64 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.260 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 102 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.77 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.811 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.933 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 65 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.211 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1811 days ago · 82 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 1.745 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 119 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.639 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 120 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.552 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 109 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.612 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 48 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.53 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.752 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 129 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.310 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 99 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.712 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 221 · tsunami flag
- 2.238 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 129 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.662 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 100 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.732 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 73 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 84 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.855 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 86 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.643 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 112 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.440 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 123 km deep · 28 km away
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