M2.1 earthquake 19 km NW of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 19 km NW of Fox River, Alaska on Thu, Dec 9, 2021, 2:42 PM AKST (23:42 UTC), 46 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 24 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-09 23:42:39 UTC
- Depth
- 45.5 km (28.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.970° N, 151.219° 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
- 68
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 83 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.324 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.710 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 64 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 99 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 114 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.958 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 99 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.763 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 93 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.135 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.534 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 121 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.610 km NNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 65 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.118 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.666 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 114 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.754 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 99 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 94 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.628 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.643 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 88 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1719 days ago · 103 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 102 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 38 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 104 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.756 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 96 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.428 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.872 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 113 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.517 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.511 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 66 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.061 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 108 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 101 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.725 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.619 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.67 km N of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.712 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 61 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.533 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.912 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 1.624 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.664 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 91 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.156 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 101 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 94 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.942 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.325 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.06 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 60 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.716 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 47 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.742 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 87 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.910 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.611 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.628 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 93 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 106 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.77 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 45 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 2.133 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 79 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 76 km deep · 88 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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