M1.6 earthquake 90 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 90 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska on Sat, Dec 18, 2021, 9:45 AM AKST (18:45 UTC), 102 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 47 km SW of Karluk, 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
- 2021-12-18 18:45:05 UTC
- Depth
- 102.0 km (63.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 57.879° N, 155.987° 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
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.241 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.057 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.538 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 129 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.686 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 78 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.165 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 136 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.978 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 124 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.131 km NNE of Pilot Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.829 km NE of Pilot Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.963 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.064 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.728 km NE of Pilot Point, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.498 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.660 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 58 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.781 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 137 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1736 days ago · 188 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.767 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 123 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.660 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 152 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.575 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.047 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 6 · tsunami flag
- 1.515 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.889 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.694 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 139 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.279 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 82 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.181 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 103 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 80 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.849 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.053 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 145 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.533 km NNE of Pilot Point, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.247 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.677 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 130 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.184 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.532 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.6102 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.873 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.769 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 95 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.465 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 80 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.690 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1722 days ago · 149 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.59 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.150 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.679 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 86 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.791 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 109 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.840 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.653 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 79 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.974 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 129 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.656 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.069 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.874 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 130 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.183 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 125 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.573 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.644 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.387 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.774 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2102 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 112 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.538 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.958 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.357 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 138 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.135 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.377 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 124 km deep · 16 km away
The first 60 of 83.
Before
- 1.839 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.575 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 117 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.675 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.881 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.933 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.969 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 91 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.935 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 59 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.772 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 127 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.758 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 89 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.154 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 148 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.658 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.256 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 89 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.052 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 84 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.890 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.518 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.060 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 77 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.681 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 73 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.074 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1757 days ago · 81 km deep · 38 km away
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