Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 8 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 8 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska on Fri, Dec 3, 2021, 4:58 AM AKST (13:58 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 11 km NNE of Hope, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-12-03 13:58:32 UTC
Depth
10.6 km (6.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.870° N, 149.127° 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
54

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 145 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.515 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.812 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.73 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.716 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 2.037 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.520 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.518 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 1.558 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.629 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.75 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 1.822 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.59 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.634 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.53 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.627 km E of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 1.523 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.910 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 2.41 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.13 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.75 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 1.52 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 1.555 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 1.726 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 1.521 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 1.932 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 2.48 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.619 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 1.535 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 2.614 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 48 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1752 days ago · 55 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 1.828 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 62 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 1.560 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  34. 1.618 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 1.829 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 1.68 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 1.514 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  38. 3.511 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 227
  39. 1.810 km NE of Knik River, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  40. 2.612 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 1.65 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 1.58 km N of Tanaina, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 1.86 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 1.519 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 63 km deep · 100 km away
  45. 1.57 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 1.79 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
  47. 2.021 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 1.641 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 1.633 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  50. 2.39 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
  51. 1.511 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 2.421 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 2.64 km S of Houston, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  55. 1.534 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 1.65 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 3.22 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 33
  58. 1.514 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
  59. 1.72 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
  60. 2.650 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 145.

Before

  1. 1.51 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.817 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 2.04 km NE of Knik, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 1.55 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.79 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.525 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.630 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 1.65 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.627 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1769 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.545 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.739 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 1.657 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 2.111 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.515 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.623 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1773 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.526 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 1.610 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.318 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away

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