M1.6 earthquake 63 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 63 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska on Thu, Dec 9, 2021, 1:07 PM AKST (22:07 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 71 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-09 22:07:56 UTC
- Depth
- 7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.482° N, 153.644° 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
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 154 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.632 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.871 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 93 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.052 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 84 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.689 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.464 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 81 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.869 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 69 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.056 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.161 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 74 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.256 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.968 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.658 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.863 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 70 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.266 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.968 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 95 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.758 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 89 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.692 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.591 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.771 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 78 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.047 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.649 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.969 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 91 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.793 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 81 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.670 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.857 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 110 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1747 days ago · 123 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.676 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 83 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.543 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.654 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.882 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 135 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.057 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 104 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1743 days ago · 77 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 117 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.845 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.382 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 126 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.067 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.748 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 126 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.774 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.665 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 65 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.665 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.583 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 81 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.888 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 88 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.259 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 103 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.584 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.666 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 70 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.932 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 50 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.586 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 71 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.781 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 137 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.354 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 106 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.566 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 90 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.950 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 119 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.540 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.357 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 123 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.856 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 106 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.771 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 103 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.873 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 121 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.770 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 99 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.887 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 88 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.666 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 96 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.561 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 104 km deep · 85 km away
The first 60 of 154.
Before
- 1.894 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 88 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.566 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 83 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.876 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 81 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.793 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 83 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.169 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.416 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 103 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.846 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.182 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 129 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.757 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.624 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.575 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 133 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.652 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 77 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.778 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 67 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.772 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.253 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 133 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.635 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.880 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 70 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.725 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 50 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.036 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 70 km deep · 56 km away
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