M1.6 earthquake 19 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 19 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska on Sat, Sep 18, 2021, 5:38 PM AKDT (01:38 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 23 km E of Beluga, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-19 01:38:08 UTC
- Depth
- 51.8 km (32.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.705° N, 150.860° 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.540 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 78 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 116 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.56 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 40 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.546 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 79 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.556 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 87 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.522 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.626 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.535 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.223 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.37 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
- 1.725 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 44 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.83 km ESE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 48 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 1.545 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 101 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 113 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.662 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 100 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 4.712 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 221 · tsunami flag
- 2.310 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 48 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.53 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.612 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1802 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.634 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 80 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.211 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.87 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 40 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 1.811 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.022 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.223 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.511 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 42 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.516 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.745 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 66 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.520 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.812 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.516 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.664 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 112 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.844 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 96 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.749 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 85 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.629 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.718 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.534 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 76 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.620 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 92 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.017 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 119 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.432 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.07 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.427 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 7
- 2.359 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 95 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.628 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 75 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.520 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.743 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 94 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.745 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 88 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.113 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.558 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 102 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.77 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.319 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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