M1.8 earthquake 63 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 63 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska on Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 3:40 AM AKST (12:40 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 66 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-12 12:40:47 UTC
- Depth
- 69.8 km (43.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.407° N, 153.767° 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
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 147 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.266 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.758 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 89 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.692 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.591 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.771 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 78 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.969 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 91 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.793 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 81 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.670 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.857 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 110 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1741 days ago · 123 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.676 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 83 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.543 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.654 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.839 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.882 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 135 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.057 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 104 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1738 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 117 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.845 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.382 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 126 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.067 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 99 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.774 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.665 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 65 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.665 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.583 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 81 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.888 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 88 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.259 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 103 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.584 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.666 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 70 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.932 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.586 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 71 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.781 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 137 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.354 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.566 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 90 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.950 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 119 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.540 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.357 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 123 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.856 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 106 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.771 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 103 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.873 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 121 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.770 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 99 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.887 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 88 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.666 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 96 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.561 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 104 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.747 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 119 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.697 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 91 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.669 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 90 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.694 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 139 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.338 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.768 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 100 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.829 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 68 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.857 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 82 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.788 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.247 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.520 km NE of Karluk, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.666 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 99 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.184 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.1Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.956 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 68 km deep · 7 km away
The first 60 of 147.
Before
- 1.658 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.968 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.256 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.161 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 74 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.056 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.869 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 69 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.464 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 81 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.689 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.052 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 84 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.632 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.518 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.663 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.894 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 88 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.876 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.793 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 83 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.169 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.416 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 103 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.182 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 129 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.757 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
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