Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 60 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 60 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska on Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 11:05 PM AKST (08:05 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 21 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-12-22 08:05:58 UTC
Depth
2.5 km (1.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.539° N, 149.621° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.630 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.519 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.590 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.915 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.616 km W of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 1.825 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.754 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 1.52 km SSE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.630 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.026 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.729 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.027 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.912 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.015 km NE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 3.421 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  16. 1.611 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.796 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.817 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.521 km ENE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 2.329 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 2.226 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.58 km SSW of Fox River, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 2.122 km WNW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 2.167 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 1.520 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 2.032 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 1.88 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 2.08 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.814 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.951 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.618 km ENE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.627 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 1.723 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.634 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 57 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.538 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.523 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.936 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.034 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.541 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.813 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.725 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.327 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.76 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 1.645 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1

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