M1.5 earthquake 43 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 43 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska on Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 12:51 PM AKST (21:51 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 71 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-16 21:51:03 UTC
- Depth
- 44.2 km (27.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.397° N, 152.553° 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
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 115 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.654 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.575 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.543 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1748 days ago · 72 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.891 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.865 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1747 days ago · 77 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.648 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.845 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.521 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.774 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.665 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 65 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.665 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.631 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 57 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.888 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 88 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.584 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.666 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.586 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.919 km SSE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.637 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.417 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 2.357 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.887 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.714 km SW of Chiniak, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.338 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 46 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.929 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.051 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.829 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.857 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 82 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.788 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.863 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1729 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.536 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.1Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.118 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.956 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0108 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.949 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 67 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.93 km ESE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.676 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.759 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.977 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 59 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.671 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 59 · tsunami flag
- 1.568 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.666 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.869 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.567 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.570 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.771 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.077 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.849 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 63 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.644 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.7104 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.883 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 61 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.771 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.0Gulf of Alaska · 1720 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.571 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
The first 60 of 115.
Before
- 1.676 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 83 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.670 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.793 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.649 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.047 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 64 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.771 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.740 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.742 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.540 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.591 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.692 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.266 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.863 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.968 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.161 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 74 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.938 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.056 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 73 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.869 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.464 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 81 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.689 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
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