M1.9 earthquake 63 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 63 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska on Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 8:16 AM AKST (17:16 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 47 km SW of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-23 17:16:26 UTC
- Depth
- 62.9 km (39.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.316° N, 155.401° 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
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.064 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 60 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.892 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 63 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.498 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 60 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.660 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 58 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.972 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.935 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.540 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.767 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 123 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.060 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.925 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6100 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.638 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.575 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 65 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.047 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 59 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 6 · tsunami flag
- 1.515 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 53 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.889 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 68 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.054 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 46 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.958 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.666 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.095 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 79 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 51 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.832 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.279 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 82 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.181 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 103 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 80 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.821 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.031 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.17 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.8122 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.259 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.849 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.528 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.247 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 76 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.520 km NE of Karluk, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.677 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 130 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6108 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.532 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 53 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6102 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.873 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.769 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 95 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.465 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.680 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.59 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.827 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.150 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 67 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.679 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 86 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.638 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.322 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.791 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 109 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.2124 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.840 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.653 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.974 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 129 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.5102 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.069 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 60 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.874 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 130 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.183 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 125 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.725 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.573 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
The first 60 of 96.
Before
- 1.661 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.978 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 124 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.165 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 136 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.735 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.686 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 78 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.94 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.538 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 129 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.057 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.241 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 74 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.660 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1743 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.690 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 102 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.8101 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.839 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 72 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7101 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 80 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.575 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 117 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.299 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.630 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.636 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
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