Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Mon, Dec 6, 2021, 2:46 AM AKST (11:46 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 42 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-06 11:46:42 UTC
Depth
17.5 km (10.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.895° N, 160.456° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 153 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.042 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 3.592 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 2.960 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 2.099 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.569 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 3.497 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 2.5111 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 2.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 3.2119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 2.6129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 2.8128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.4107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.625 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 71 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 3.756 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.1112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 2.2108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 1.862 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 2.058 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 1.865 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 66 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 3.123 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 98 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 1.7105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  28. 1.7101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 1.534 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 45 km deep · 18 km away
  30. 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  31. 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 2.7122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 2.5114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  34. 2.942 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 3.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 2.053 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  37. 2.2106 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 1.760 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  39. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  40. 2.3113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  41. 1.839 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 3.7south of Alaska · 1736 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  43. 3.078 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  45. 3.3138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 2.5115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 3.480 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
  48. 1.813 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  49. 2.166 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 2.290 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  51. 2.882 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  52. 1.9104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  53. 2.2116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 1.76 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  55. 2.188 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 2.053 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 2.1102 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 2.09 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
  59. 2.833 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
  60. 2.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of 153.

Before

  1. 2.8131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.4119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.780 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.6112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.9115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 3.0124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.5123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.961 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.785 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.7107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.9109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.171 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 3.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 3.082 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 2.024 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 1.727 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 2.890 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 3.046 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 3.0104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021fmhjprl. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:31 AM UTC.