Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 16 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 16 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska on Mon, Dec 6, 2021, 5:37 PM AKST (02:37 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 11 km NNE of Hope, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-07 02:37:41 UTC
Depth
4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.632° N, 149.393° 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
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 128 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.78 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.037 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.520 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 1.518 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.538 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.558 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.629 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.75 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.822 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.59 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.634 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 57 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.627 km E of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 1.523 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.75 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.555 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.726 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 45 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 1.521 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 54 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.932 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 41 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 1.627 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 2.510 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 2.48 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.619 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 1.535 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 2.614 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1743 days ago · 55 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 1.828 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 1.560 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 1.618 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 1.68 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 1.514 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
  32. 3.511 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 227
  33. 2.612 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 1.65 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 1.86 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 1.519 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 1.57 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 1.79 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 28 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 2.021 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
  40. 1.917 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 1.511 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  43. 2.421 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 1.65 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 2.020 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 1.719 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 1.630 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 3.22 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 33
  50. 1.514 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 1.72 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 38 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 2.15 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 2.650 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  54. 1.84 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 1.513 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 1.55 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  57. 2.823 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  58. 1.514 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
  59. 1.522 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 1.915 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 128.

Before

  1. 1.86 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.812 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.621 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.515 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.78 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.936 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.817 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 1.517 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.04 km NE of Knik, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.55 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.541 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.79 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 1.525 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 39 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.712 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 1.630 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.725 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.65 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.912 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 39 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.627 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 1.739 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away

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