Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 43 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 43 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska on Mon, Dec 6, 2021, 12:51 AM AKST (09:51 UTC), 166 km (103 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 99 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-06 09:51:39 UTC
Depth
166.3 km (103.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
58.573° N, 155.944° 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
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.060 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 77 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.894 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 88 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.890 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.052 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.858 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 89 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.154 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 148 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.758 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 89 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.772 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 127 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.969 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 91 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1749 days ago · 123 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.575 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 117 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.690 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 102 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.882 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 135 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 2.057 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.382 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 126 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 3.165 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 136 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 1.632 km W of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.583 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 81 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 1.978 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 124 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 1.661 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 1.781 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 137 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 2.357 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 123 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1738 days ago · 188 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 1.767 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 123 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 1.873 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 121 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 2.660 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 152 km deep · 37 km away
  27. 1.697 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 91 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 2.694 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 139 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 1.870 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 2.053 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 145 km deep · 11 km away
  31. 2.247 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 76 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 2.677 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 130 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 3.184 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 1.769 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 95 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 2.465 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 80 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 1.690 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1724 days ago · 149 km deep · 6 km away
  38. 1.957 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 117 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 1.791 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 109 km deep · 76 km away
  40. 1.653 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 79 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 1.974 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 129 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 1.874 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 130 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 2.183 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 125 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 2.2102 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 112 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 1.958 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  46. 3.699 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.995 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 99 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 2.357 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 138 km deep · 17 km away
  49. 3.377 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 124 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 2.253 km E of Egegik, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  51. 2.182 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 1.748 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 2.197 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  54. 2.891 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 100 km deep · 49 km away
  55. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1700 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 2.182 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 129 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 2.081 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.671 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 97 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 3.575 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 133 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.554 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 75 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.253 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 133 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.066 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 116 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.959 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 153 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 1.963 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 119 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 1771 days ago · 116 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.983 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 128 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.357 km NE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 138 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.637 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.836 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 4.362 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 144 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 1.562 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 82 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 3.222 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 192 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 1.666 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 85 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 1.886 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 98 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 1.664 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 127 km deep · 85 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021fmge3tq (also filed as us6000g9ht). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:19 AM UTC.