M1.5 earthquake 83 km N of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 83 km N of Karluk, Alaska on Wed, Dec 22, 2021, 5:12 AM AKST (14:12 UTC), 81 km (51 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 49 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-22 14:12:20 UTC
- Depth
- 81.4 km (50.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 58.313° N, 154.306° 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
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.888 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 88 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.584 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.666 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 70 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.932 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 50 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.586 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.781 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 137 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.540 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.357 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 123 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.771 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 103 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.873 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 121 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.770 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.887 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 88 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.515 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.697 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 91 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.694 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 139 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.338 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 80 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.768 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.829 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.788 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.849 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.053 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 145 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.247 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 76 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.520 km NE of Karluk, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.666 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 99 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.184 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.1Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.956 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 68 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.769 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 95 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.465 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 80 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.949 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.676 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.690 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1727 days ago · 149 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.59 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.827 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.077 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 72 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.150 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.849 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 63 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.644 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 117 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.883 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.653 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 79 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.538 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.656 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.644 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.068 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 110 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.239 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.2102 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 112 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.112 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.958 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.064 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 104 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.699 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 1.995 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 99 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.155 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 118 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.982 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.370 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 49 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.357 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 138 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.135 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of 104.
Before
- 1.665 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.067 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 99 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.382 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 126 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.845 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.241 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.882 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 135 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.839 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.676 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 83 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1752 days ago · 123 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.857 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.933 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.793 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 81 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.969 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 91 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.771 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 78 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.935 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.591 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.692 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.758 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 89 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.863 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 70 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.658 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
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