Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 14 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 14 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska on Wed, Dec 29, 2021, 7:26 AM AKST (16:26 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 21 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-29 16:26:57 UTC
Depth
30.3 km (18.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.438° N, 150.066° 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
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 136 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.520 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.128 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.522 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 52 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.02 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.615 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.616 km W of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 1.929 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 78 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.527 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.823 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 36 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 1.515 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.710 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.026 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.610 km NNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.729 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.65 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.515 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 72 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.628 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.86 km ENE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.617 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 2.620 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  21. 2.428 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 75 km deep · 100 km away
  22. 1.518 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 53 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 1.517 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 1.511 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 1.619 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
  26. 1.67 km N of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 1.712 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 2.411 km NW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 2.912 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  30. 1.624 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 49 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 1.620 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 1.716 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 1.910 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 1.611 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 49 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 1.628 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 1.77 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.515 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 76 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 2.015 km NE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 2.07 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 2.317 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 57 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 2.116 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 1.825 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
  43. 1.814 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 3.314 km SE of Beluga, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 56 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  45. 2.418 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 3.421 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  47. 1.611 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 57 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 1.97 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 49 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 2.23 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 34 km deep · 100 km away
  50. 1.52 km NE of Hope, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
  51. 1.817 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 1.521 km ENE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 2.017 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 2.110 km NW of Sterling, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
  55. 1.619 km SE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 1.57 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 1.722 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 2.114 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 1.65 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
  60. 1.54 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 136.

Before

  1. 2.823 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.513 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.532 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.15 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 48 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 1.72 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 38 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 1.514 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 50 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.630 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 50 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 1.719 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 2.020 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 1.616 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.421 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.511 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.823 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.56 km S of Kenai, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 47 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 1.917 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.51 km NNW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 55 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.021 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 1.79 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021golrlw9. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:10 AM UTC.