M1.8 earthquake 21 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 21 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska on Sun, Aug 8, 2021, 9:11 PM AKDT (05:11 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 42 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-09 05:11:34 UTC
- Depth
- 47.1 km (29.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.630° N, 153.007° 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
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.359 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.610 km NNE of Port Lions, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.630 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.942 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.536 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.538 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.535 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.756 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.925 km SE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.815 km NE of Kodiak, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.421 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.57 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.750 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 59 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.75 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.831 km E of Akhiok, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.114 km ENE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.837 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.633 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.846 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.356 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1828 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.558 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.732 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.920 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.615 km SSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.529 km WSW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.413 km W of Womens Bay, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 40 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
Before
- 2.010 km ESE of Karluk, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.89 km NE of Chiniak, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.713 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.947 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.130 km ESE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.831 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.730 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.918 km NNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.617 km NNE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 43 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.634 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.047 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.247 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.021 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.969 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.142 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 48 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.626 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.620 km SW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
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