M1.7 earthquake 58 km SSW of Haines Junction, Canada
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 58 km SSW of Haines Junction, Canada on Wed, Dec 22, 2021, 2:28 AM AKST (11:28 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 70 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-22 11:28:47 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.303° N, 138.064° W
- Region
- Canada
- 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.782 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.058 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.844 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1735 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.571 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.767 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.670 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.165 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.667 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.886 km ENE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.545 km ENE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.652 km ENE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.840 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9103 km W of Mosquito Lake, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.945 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.144 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.840 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.366 km S of Haines Junction, Canada · 1709 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.553 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.546 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.661 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.557 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.848 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.557 km SW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1687 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.569 km S of Haines Junction, Canada · 1686 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.242 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1682 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 1.596 km ENE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.988 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.540 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.958 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.6Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1759 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.987 km SSW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1762 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.845 km ENE of Yakutat, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.038 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.667 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.693 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.75 km SSE of Haines Junction, Canada · 1768 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
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