M2.1 earthquake 5 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 5 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Sun, Dec 4, 2016, 2:26 PM AKST (23:26 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 36 km SSW of Skwentna, 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
- 2016-12-04 23:26:28 UTC
- Depth
- 40.4 km (25.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.357° N, 150.086° 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
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 149 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.118 km W of Whittier, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.08 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.410 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.826 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.516 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.14 km ENE of Houston, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.512 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.717 km ENE of Eagle River, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.826 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.523 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 66 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.720 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 75 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.622 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 48 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.415 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.920 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.33 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 45 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.613 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.21 km S of Beluga, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 3585 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.721 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.919 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.74 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 32 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.73 km S of Houston, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.516 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 49 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.521 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 60 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.18 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.827 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 57 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.928 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.329 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 53 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 8
- 3.327 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 54 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.719 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.526 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 64 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.811 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.921 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 42 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.97 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 41 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.727 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.512 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 65 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.625 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.913 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.53 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 33
- 1.613 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 64 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 91 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.618 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.124 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.711 km W of Houston, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 3577 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.720 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.927 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 46 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.626 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.934 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 87 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.532 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.620 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 48 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.718 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.85 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.835 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.614 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.628 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.523 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.024 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.617 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 60 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.713 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.624 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.226 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 145 · tsunami flag
- 1.736 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0Central Alaska · 3592 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.523 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 72 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.913 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.312 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 51
- 2.025 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.112 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 47 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.916 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.217 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
- 1.64 km SSW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.626 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 62 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.017 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 45 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.826 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 60 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.51 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.921 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.19 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 31 km deep · 49 km away
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