M1.8 earthquake 29 km ESE of Nabesna, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 29 km ESE of Nabesna, Alaska on Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 12:34 PM AKST (21:34 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 28 km E of Slana, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-11 21:34:56 UTC
- Depth
- 0.2 km (0.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 62.270° N, 142.489° 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
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.468 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.664 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.763 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.964 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.916 km NNE of Nabesna, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.216 km NE of Nabesna, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.518 km NNE of Nabesna, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.829 km ESE of Slana, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.531 km E of Slana, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.530 km ESE of Slana, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.428 km E of Slana, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.981 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.168 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.945 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.983 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.325 km ESE of Nabesna, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021fux48qf. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC.