M1.9 earthquake 58 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 58 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska on Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 8:16 AM AKST (17:16 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 84 km S of Akhiok, 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-31 17:16:39 UTC
- Depth
- 11.3 km (7.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 56.664° N, 154.979° 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
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 50 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.666 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.095 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 79 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.832 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.279 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.821 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.031 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.17 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.8122 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.377 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.984 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.455 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.528 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.6108 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.532 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6102 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.59 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.4102 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.638 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.322 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.2124 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.3126 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.840 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.5102 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.3147 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.069 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.043 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.725 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.387 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.6139 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.754 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.7124 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.734 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.774 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 55 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.538 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.135 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 1700 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.728 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.440 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.083 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.463 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.8119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.088 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1686 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.780 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1686 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.4114 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6149 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.030 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.58 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0103 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 2.054 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.889 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.047 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 6 · tsunami flag
- 1.575 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.638 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.6100 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.925 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.060 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 63 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.935 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.972 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.660 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 58 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.498 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.892 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 63 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.064 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.963 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.735 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.94 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.660 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1749 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
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