Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 73 km S of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 73 km S of Akutan, Alaska on Wed, Dec 1, 2021, 10:06 PM AKST (07:06 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-02 07:06:52 UTC
Depth
16.6 km (10.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.479° N, 165.622° 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
17

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.5133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.96 km NW of Akutan, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 106 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.654 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.832 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.066 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 3.098 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.877 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 3.530 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 3.1103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.268 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 4.574 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 2.030 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.019 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 90 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.173 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 21 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 1.850 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 2.7129 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.973 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 56 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 3.4Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 2.943 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 62 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 2.0south of the Aleutian Islands · 1740 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 1.641 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 1.748 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 1.845 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 66 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 1.735 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 2.240 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 63 km deep · 35 km away
  26. 1.779 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 2.158 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  28. 1.516 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 3.199 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 1.934 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 59 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 2.1150 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 1.8108 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 3.295 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 2.532 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 78 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 1.774 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  36. 2.897 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 2.161 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 50 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 2.285 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 2.966 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 1.875 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 1.642 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
  43. 4.261 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 5
  44. 3.729 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
  45. 1.964 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 41 km deep · 9 km away
  46. 3.583 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  47. 1.938 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 2.672 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  49. 2.169 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 2.7123 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 3.287 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 3.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 3.658 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 49 km deep · 16 km away
  54. 2.075 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 1.927 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 84 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 1.931 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 2.864 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 1.732 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away
  59. 3.072 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  60. 2.188 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of 199.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021ffss1il. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:01 PM UTC.