M2.1 earthquake 50 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 50 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska on Tue, Dec 6, 2016, 6:35 PM AKST (03:35 UTC), 41 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 11 km W of Fox River, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-07 03:35:49 UTC
- Depth
- 40.7 km (25.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.161° N, 150.963° 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
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 91 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.832 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.732 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.54 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3585 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.738 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 64 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.515 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.536 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.937 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.098 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.716 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.311 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.060 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.837 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.833 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.832 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.640 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 70 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.159 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.37 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 73 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.627 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 55 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.56 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.017 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.156 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.914 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 89 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.72 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.633 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.836 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.541 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 79 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.180 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.539 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 69 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.010 km SSE of Homer, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.846 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.028 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.423 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.854 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.810 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 49 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.715 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3559 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.642 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.640 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.56 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.334 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.846 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.713 km ENE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.296 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.63 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.830 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.691 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.986 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 58 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.885 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.666 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.422 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.59 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.621 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 73 km deep · 92 km away
The first 60 of 91.
Before
- 1.526 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 67 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.88 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 52 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.72 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.941 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.85 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 58 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.098 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.724 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3601 days ago · 69 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.877 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.79 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.20 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.955 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.995 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 53 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.59 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.637 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.09 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 3.021 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.837 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
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