Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 47 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 47 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska on Thu, Dec 9, 2021, 2:49 PM AKST (23:49 UTC), 93 km (58 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 8 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-12-09 23:49:08 UTC
Depth
92.6 km (57.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
61.288° N, 151.917° 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
54

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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 145 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.629 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 1.519 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.548 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 85 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 1.59 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.525 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 99 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.541 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.836 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 103 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.642 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 84 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 1.52 km SSE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.625 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 1.9Southern Alaska · 1757 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.544 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 108 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1756 days ago · 77 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.642 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.734 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 82 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.924 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 108 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 1.764 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 1.523 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 3.1Southern Alaska · 1755 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
  20. 2.065 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 111 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 1.976 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 132 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 1.639 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 84 km deep · 8 km away
  23. 1.647 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 70 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 1.767 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 1.543 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 90 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 2.224 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 1.535 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 1.726 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 1.538 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 86 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 1.535 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 103 km deep · 82 km away
  31. 2.48 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.619 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 48 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 2.614 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
  34. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1752 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 2.333 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 1.828 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
  37. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1751 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 1.618 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 1.542 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 81 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 1.634 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away
  41. 1.68 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 1.514 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  43. 1.658 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 132 km deep · 49 km away
  44. 1.824 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
  45. 1.579 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 133 km deep · 77 km away
  46. 1.928 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 2.612 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 1.927 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 1.519 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 2.511 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 1.863 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 114 km deep · 35 km away
  52. 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 84 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 15
  53. 2.065 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 1.941 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 1.529 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 76 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 3.140 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 123 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 3.126 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.829 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.931 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 1.663 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 100 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.938 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 84 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.227 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 69 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 1.617 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 59 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.652 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 98 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.658 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 99 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.727 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.656 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 104 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 1.747 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 102 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 1.724 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 67 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 1.518 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.520 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.139 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.631 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 75 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.561 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 95 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.847 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 113 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.769 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 111 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 1.86 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.712 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 64 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 1.812 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.127 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away

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