M1.5 earthquake 51 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 51 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Wed, Dec 22, 2021, 7:46 PM AKST (04:46 UTC), 83 km (52 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 48 km NW of Ninilchik, 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
- 2021-12-23 04:46:56 UTC
- Depth
- 82.9 km (51.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.803° N, 152.749° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.965 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 101 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.560 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 102 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.040 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 121 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 82 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.259 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 103 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.052 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 90 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.650 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 119 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.851 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 78 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.517 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 74 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.434 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 92 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 94 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 95 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.826 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 86 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.734 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 134 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 88 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.145 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 85 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.868 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 128 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.156 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 150 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 93 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.563 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 153 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.841 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 117 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.055 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 101 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.648 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 118 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1741 days ago · 148 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.354 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 106 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.566 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 90 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 105 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.655 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 99 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.164 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 110 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.55 km E of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.950 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 119 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 69 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 118 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.340 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 88 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 101 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.743 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 128 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 86 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.939 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.553 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 81 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.67 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 53 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.856 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 106 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.637 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 73 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.620 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 69 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.51 km SSW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.541 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 77 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.668 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 102 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.953 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 82 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.654 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 88 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.565 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 105 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 117 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.532 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.037 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 131 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.852 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 90 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.417 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 1.640 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.652 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 83 km deep · 5 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1744 days ago · 175 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.556 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 102 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.631 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.665 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.577 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 141 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.823 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.848 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 153 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.940 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 196 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.133 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 71 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1745 days ago · 89 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 110 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.35 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.634 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 75 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.748 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 126 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.521 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.957 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 151 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.958 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 151 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1,888 · tsunami flag
- 1.848 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 84 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.847 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 80 km deep · 4 km away
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