Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 61 km W of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 61 km W of Karluk, Alaska on Sat, Dec 4, 2021, 6:21 PM AKST (03:21 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 51 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-05 03:21:23 UTC
Depth
81.8 km (50.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
57.547° N, 155.479° 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
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.051 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 65 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 2.081 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 2.153 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 81 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 2.147 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.481 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 76 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1752 days ago · 81 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 2.416 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.074 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 63 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 1.681 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 73 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 2.060 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 77 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 1.518 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 58 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.890 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 2.052 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 84 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.858 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 89 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 2.461 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.256 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 1.658 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.154 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 148 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.758 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 89 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 1.772 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 127 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 1.673 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 1.935 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 59 km deep · 26 km away
  23. 1.969 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 91 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 1.933 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 61 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 1.881 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 61 km deep · 43 km away
  26. 1.675 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 1.636 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 1.630 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  29. 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 2.299 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 1.575 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 117 km deep · 55 km away
  32. 1.7101 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 80 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 1.839 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 72 km deep · 40 km away
  34. 1.8101 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 1.690 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 102 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1740 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 1.660 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 2.241 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 74 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 2.057 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 2.538 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 129 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 1.686 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 78 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 1.735 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 3.165 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 136 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 1.978 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 124 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 1.661 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  46. 1.963 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 63 km deep · 26 km away
  47. 2.064 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 60 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 1.892 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 2.498 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 1.99 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 1.932 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 1.660 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 58 km deep · 40 km away
  53. 1.935 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  54. 1.540 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
  55. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1731 days ago · 188 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 1.767 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 123 km deep · 62 km away
  57. 2.060 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 1.925 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 1.6100 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  60. 1.638 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 122.

Before

  1. 1.671 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 97 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 1.549 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.572 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 94 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.594 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 1.652 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.554 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 75 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 2.144 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 115 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.833 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 68 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 2.533 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.359 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.120 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 106 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.721 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 1.890 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 1.959 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 153 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 1.759 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 70 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.065 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 86 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 1.983 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 128 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.990 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 1.513 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.914 km WNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021fkp3i3c. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:44 PM UTC.