M1.6 earthquake 52 km W of Cohoe, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 52 km W of Cohoe, Alaska on Wed, Dec 8, 2021, 3:53 PM AKST (00:53 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 58 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-09 00:53:31 UTC
- Depth
- 98.3 km (61.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.457° N, 152.244° 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
- 43
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.722 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 74 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.673 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 128 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.723 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 66 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.147 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 90 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.744 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 132 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.956 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 141 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.949 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 120 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.929 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 73 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.848 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 88 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 106 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.517 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.160 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 131 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.622 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.159 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 95 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.956 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 103 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.462 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 114 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1752 days ago · 102 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.938 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 84 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.119 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 93 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 108 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.59 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.323 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 91 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.057 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 121 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.642 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 84 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.754 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.52 km SSE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 62 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.937 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 73 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 79 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.041 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 118 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.761 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 87 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.734 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 82 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 113 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.070 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 113 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.853 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 105 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.723 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 96 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.70 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 80 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1750 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.335 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 74 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.970 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 139 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.065 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 111 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.976 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 132 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.767 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 112 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.917 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 90 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.950 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 90 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 86 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.846 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 117 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.59 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.729 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 86 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.239 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 132 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.735 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 101 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.658 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 94 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.627 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 85 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.062 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 142 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.658 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 99 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.727 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 75 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.751 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 114 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.659 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 125 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.222 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 70 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.881 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 137 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.558 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 107 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 104 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.59 km WNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.724 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.965 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 132 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.554 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 114 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.444 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 121 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.250 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 120 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.847 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 95 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.631 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 75 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.561 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 95 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.653 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 81 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 103 km deep · 41 km away
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