Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 49 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 49 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska on Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 1:55 PM AKST (22:55 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 72 km S of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-14 22:55:52 UTC
Depth
18.9 km (11.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.228° N, 148.686° 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
92

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 123 in the 60 days after this one and 83 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.012 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 48 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 1.829 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.810 km NE of Knik River, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.58 km N of Tanaina, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.568 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.741 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 1.641 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.516 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 1.556 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 2.39 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  11. 2.246 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 72 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.657 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.64 km S of Houston, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.616 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.577 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 1.534 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.650 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 1.55 km NNW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.134 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.839 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 1.836 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 55 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 1.616 km ESE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 2.836 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 2.031 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 2.210 km ESE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 1.916 km WNW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 1.534 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 1.515 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 1.552 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 1.612 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 55 km deep · 51 km away
  31. 2.12 km S of Houston, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 2.115 km WNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 3.011 km E of Willow, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 4
  34. 1.650 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 2.576 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
  36. 1.87 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 1.512 km SW of Knik River, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 1.813 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 1.524 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 2.69 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.26 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 1.63 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 45 km deep · 100 km away
  43. 2.215 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.922 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  45. 1.947 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 1.810 km SSE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 3.657 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  48. 1.573 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 34 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 2.015 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
  50. 2.115 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 1.626 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
  52. 1.714 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 2.022 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
  54. 1.920 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 1.726 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  56. 1.616 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
  57. 2.057 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
  58. 1.527 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
  59. 1.630 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 1.74 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 123.

Before

  1. 1.99 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.726 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.534 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 39 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 1.645 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 1.621 km ESE of Chase, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 61 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.647 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 1.52 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.860 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 41 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 1.656 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.41 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.910 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.428 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 1.851 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.555 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 37 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 2.054 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.033 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.133 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.552 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.835 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 1.754 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 86 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021fzwg7hw (also filed as us6000gca3). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:12 PM UTC.