M1.9 earthquake 25 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 25 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska on Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 11:27 PM AKST (08:27 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 53 km SSE of Old Harbor, 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
- 2021-12-28 08:27:10 UTC
- Depth
- 36.1 km (22.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.369° N, 154.265° 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: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.638 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.753 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.575 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.047 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 59 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 6 · tsunami flag
- 1.515 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 53 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.889 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.054 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.646 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.958 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.666 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 51 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.832 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.279 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.821 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.031 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.17 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.829 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 68 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.455 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.849 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.528 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.247 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.520 km NE of Karluk, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 49 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.532 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.769 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 95 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.465 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.59 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 45 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.827 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.077 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.150 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 67 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.638 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.322 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.840 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 45 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.653 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 79 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.538 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.656 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.069 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.043 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.725 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.644 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.387 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.754 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.239 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 53 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.734 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.774 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 55 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.112 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 58 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.538 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 39 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.46 km NW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.370 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.135 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.281 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.914 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 71 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.748 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.347 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.061 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.331 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.928 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.244 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.121 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1688 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.624 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away
The first 60 of 74.
Before
- 2.060 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.540 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.935 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.533 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.660 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 58 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.932 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.064 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.963 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.735 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.845 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.686 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.94 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.241 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.660 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.839 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.630 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
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