M1.8 earthquake 47 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 47 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 3:31 AM AKST (12:31 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 35 km E of Pedro Bay, 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
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-21 12:31:46 UTC
- Depth
- 80.3 km (49.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.807° N, 152.684° 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
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.935 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 139 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.914 km SE of Seldovia, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.728 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 78 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.757 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 83 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.719 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 88 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.942 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 132 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.652 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 99 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.067 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 97 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 110 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.662 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 99 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.583 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 131 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 113 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.845 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 99 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.558 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 131 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.576 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.049 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 168 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.749 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 122 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 76 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.367 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 112 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 1.854 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 104 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.731 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 131 km deep · 50 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.858 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 105 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.067 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 112 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.047 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 96 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.443 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 72 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.849 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 111 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 73 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.97 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.452 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 107 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.854 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 107 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.810 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.839 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 140 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.573 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 118 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.51 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 70 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 98 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.752 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 132 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.644 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 79 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 98 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.431 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 72 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 69 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.749 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 155 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 84 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.769 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 86 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.060 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 89 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.760 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 109 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 85 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.656 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 100 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.552 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 74 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.836 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 151 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.859 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 143 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.647 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 129 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.070 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 114 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.057 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 103 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 103 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.738 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 74 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 91 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.564 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 93 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.539 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 89 km deep · 79 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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