M2.4 earthquake 3 km W of Akhiok, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 3 km W of Akhiok, Alaska on Mon, Dec 6, 2021, 1:43 PM AKST (22:43 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 47 km SW of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-06 22:43:42 UTC
- Depth
- 0.9 km (0.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 56.949° N, 154.232° 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
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.416 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.518 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.632 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.461 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.935 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.933 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.881 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.636 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.630 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 38 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.299 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.7101 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8101 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1745 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.660 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.94 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.735 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.963 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.064 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.892 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.932 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.660 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.972 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.533 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.935 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.060 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.925 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.6100 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.638 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.753 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.575 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.047 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 59 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 6 · tsunami flag
- 1.515 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.054 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.646 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.958 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.666 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.832 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.279 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 82 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.821 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.031 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.17 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.377 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.984 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.455 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.528 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.520 km NE of Karluk, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.532 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 53 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.59 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.827 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.638 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.322 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.840 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.5102 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.069 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.043 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
The first 60 of 72.
Before
- 2.147 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.153 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 81 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.051 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.637 km N of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.549 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.635 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.833 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.359 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.721 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.759 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.513 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.914 km WNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.492 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.765 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.774 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.276 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.372 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.520 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.530 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1779 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
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