M1.5 earthquake 18 km NNE of Nabesna, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 18 km NNE of Nabesna, Alaska on Fri, Dec 24, 2021, 12:07 PM AKST (21:07 UTC), 12 km (7 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-24 21:07:30 UTC
- Depth
- 11.5 km (7.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 62.513° N, 142.818° 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
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.829 km ESE of Slana, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.531 km E of Slana, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.530 km ESE of Slana, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.428 km E of Slana, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.945 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.131 km NW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.325 km ESE of Nabesna, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.515 km E of Nabesna, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.517 km E of Nabesna, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.530 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 2.216 km NE of Nabesna, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.916 km NNE of Nabesna, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.615 km NNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.829 km ESE of Nabesna, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.524 km N of Nabesna, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021ggexwvt. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:16 PM UTC.