Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Wed, Dec 8, 2021, 10:48 PM AKST (07:48 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 120 km E of Chignik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-09 07:48:31 UTC
Depth
64.9 km (40.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.309° N, 156.554° 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
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6120 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 47 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 2.580 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 89 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 2.347 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.673 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.125 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.9109 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 65 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.2103 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 68 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 2.154 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.299 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.7101 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.8101 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1739 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.8112 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 46 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 2.4122 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 46 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 1.892 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 63 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.498 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.972 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.961 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.7129 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.1109 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 46 km deep · 5 km away
  21. 2.086 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 83 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 2.382 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 97 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 2.5128 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  24. 1.9113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 46 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 3.5103 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 2.472 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 2.260 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 1.6100 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 2.1149 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 2.095 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 79 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 2.8122 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 70 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 2.259 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 2.6116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 74 km deep · 5 km away
  34. 3.2123 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
  35. 1.6108 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 1.6102 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 2.680 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 78 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 2.4south of Alaska · 1717 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  39. 3.0132 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 2.2124 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
  41. 2.199 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  42. 2.3126 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 63 km deep · 47 km away
  43. 3.5102 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
  44. 2.3147 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 1.7116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
  46. 2.4116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 58 km deep · 3 km away
  47. 1.573 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 3.6139 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 2.7124 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
  50. 3.1127 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 3.2117 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 45 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 2.557 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
  53. 2.5125 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 44 km deep · 20 km away
  54. 2.574 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 62 km deep · 41 km away
  55. 2.8155 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
  56. 2.6127 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  57. 2.282 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 47 km deep · 39 km away
  58. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 1690 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away

Before

  1. 2.276 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.1south of Alaska · 1751 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.3113 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 65 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.481 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.2112 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 55 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 1.9116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 65 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.572 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 94 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.7136 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 1.8118 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 67 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 1.594 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.3116 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 72 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 3.1112 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 61 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.5117 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 72 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 2.251 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.3114 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 70 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 2.4137 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 2.3112 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 52 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 1.990 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.799 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 3.0117 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 65 km deep · 13 km away

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