M2.1 earthquake 72 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 72 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Aug 29, 2024, 4:31 AM AKDT (12:31 UTC), 116 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 41 km E of Pedro Bay, 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-29 12:31:08 UTC
- Depth
- 116.0 km (72.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.232° N, 152.915° 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
- 82
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.165 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 765 days ago · 104 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.841 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 765 days ago · 156 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.537 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 765 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.864 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 764 days ago · 130 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 1.562 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 764 days ago · 109 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.855 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 764 days ago · 145 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 764 days ago · 85 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.155 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 764 days ago · 131 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.57 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 764 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.518 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 764 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.711 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 764 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.649 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 764 days ago · 97 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 764 days ago · 96 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.026 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 763 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.78 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 763 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 62
- 2.240 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 763 days ago · 80 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 763 days ago · 85 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.516 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 763 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.313 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 763 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.19 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 762 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.56 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 762 days ago · 69 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.960 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 762 days ago · 132 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 762 days ago · 102 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.549 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 762 days ago · 122 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.832 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 762 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.944 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 761 days ago · 81 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.648 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 761 days ago · 169 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.564 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 761 days ago · 97 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.175 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 761 days ago · 149 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.040 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 761 days ago · 94 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Homer, Alaska · 761 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 761 days ago · 102 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.643 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 760 days ago · 142 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.551 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 760 days ago · 85 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.637 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 759 days ago · 89 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.44 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 759 days ago · 82 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.943 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 759 days ago · 86 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.946 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 759 days ago · 97 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.930 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 759 days ago · 85 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.154 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 759 days ago · 106 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.154 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 759 days ago · 84 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.067 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 759 days ago · 116 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.140 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 759 days ago · 132 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 758 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.828 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 758 days ago · 83 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 758 days ago · 106 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 758 days ago · 110 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.866 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 758 days ago · 101 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.062 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 758 days ago · 125 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.744 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 758 days ago · 158 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.758 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 758 days ago · 93 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 758 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.737 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 758 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 758 days ago · 85 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 757 days ago · 91 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.863 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 757 days ago · 108 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.671 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 757 days ago · 109 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 757 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 757 days ago · 81 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 757 days ago · 86 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.538 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 765 days ago · 119 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.546 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 765 days ago · 115 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 1.616 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 765 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.574 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 766 days ago · 118 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.562 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 766 days ago · 129 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.663 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 766 days ago · 111 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 766 days ago · 80 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 766 days ago · 106 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 766 days ago · 107 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 766 days ago · 89 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.513 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 766 days ago · 80 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.761 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 766 days ago · 100 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.663 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 766 days ago · 90 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.965 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 766 days ago · 115 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.059 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 767 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.243 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 767 days ago · 100 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 767 days ago · 105 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.058 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 767 days ago · 103 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.669 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 767 days ago · 84 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 767 days ago · 116 km deep · 47 km away
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