Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Wed, Jun 21, 2023, 1:54 PM AKDT (21:54 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 91 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2023-06-21 21:54:04 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.458° N, 159.399° 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
18

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.185 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1197 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.952 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1196 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 2.886 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1196 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.351 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1195 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 1.951 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1195 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 1.513 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1193 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 3.429 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1192 days ago · 160 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 2.279 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1191 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.940 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1191 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.475 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1190 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 3.091 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1190 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.073 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1190 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 2.073 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1190 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 3.496 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1190 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.083 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1189 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.667 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1189 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 1.676 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1189 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.252 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1189 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 2.3106 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1187 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 3.1102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1186 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 2.128 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1183 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.181 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1182 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 1.617 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 1182 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 2.075 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1182 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 1.971 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1181 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 2.377 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1181 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 3.381 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1178 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 2.06 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1176 days ago · 94 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 1.750 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1176 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  30. 2.9south of Alaska · 1175 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 2.086 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1175 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 2.786 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1174 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 2.389 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1173 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 3.791 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1173 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 2.171 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1173 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  36. 3.218 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1173 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
  37. 2.010 km S of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 1170 days ago · 87 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 2.839 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away
  39. 2.853 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
  40. 1.957 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 2.027 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 1.979 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  43. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1164 days ago · 69 km deep · 23 km away
  44. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1164 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
  45. 2.160 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1163 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1163 days ago · 65 km deep · 12 km away
  48. 1.664 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  49. 1.762 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 2.089 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 3.1Alaska Peninsula · 1161 days ago · 58 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 2.591 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1160 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
  53. 2.0103 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1160 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 2.276 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 1.620 km NE of Perryville, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 74 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 2.643 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 3.2south of Alaska · 1159 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 1.692 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 1.866 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1158 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  60. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 1157 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 92.

Before

  1. 1.9south of Alaska · 1198 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.87 km NW of Perryville, Alaska · 1199 days ago · 109 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 3.577 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1201 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.837 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 1201 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.688 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1206 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.944 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1206 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 2.555 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 1.613 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1210 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.852 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1210 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.988 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1210 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.653 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.864 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 1.834 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 57 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 1.843 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1212 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.862 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1212 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1212 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 2.070 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1214 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 3.153 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1215 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 2.1south of Alaska · 1216 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.6109 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1217 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away

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