M1.6 earthquake 18 km ENE of Halibut Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 18 km ENE of Halibut Cove, Alaska on Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 8:57 PM AKST (05:57 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 17 km SW 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-17 05:57:52 UTC
- Depth
- 43.3 km (26.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.648° N, 150.923° 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: 185 in the 60 days after this one and 116 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.951 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.630 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.716 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 61 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.814 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 44 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.640 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.021 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.51 km NNW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.917 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.521 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.634 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.35 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 46 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 1.618 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.133 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.060 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.56 km S of Kenai, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.631 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.517 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.434 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 92 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.826 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 86 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.145 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 85 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.719 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.630 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.55 km E of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 69 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.340 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 86 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.67 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 53 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.620 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 69 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.51 km SSW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 57 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.541 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.417 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 1.640 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.041 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 82 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.513 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.239 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.514 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.637 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 89 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.590 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.533 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 84 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.59 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.944 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.943 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 80 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 86 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.929 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.616 km W of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.710 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 63 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 75 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.051 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.833 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.638 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 79 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.821 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of 185.
Before
- 1.523 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 74 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.719 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 52 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.510 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.627 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.740 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.931 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.627 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 85 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.540 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.735 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.729 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 86 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.915 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.59 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.739 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 88 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.920 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.917 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.335 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1753 days ago · 70 km deep · 72 km away
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