M1.7 earthquake 57 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 57 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sun, Dec 5, 2021, 12:33 PM AKST (21:33 UTC), 78 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 71 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-05 21:33:32 UTC
- Depth
- 78.0 km (48.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.089° N, 152.780° 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
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and 182 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.852 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 86 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.633 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 74 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.861 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 101 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.938 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 129 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.823 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 61 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.846 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 63 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 103 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.830 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 75 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.749 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 85 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.169 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 62 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.793 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 83 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.250 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 120 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.444 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 121 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.554 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 114 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.558 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 107 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.876 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 81 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 74 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.744 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 132 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.848 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 88 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.517 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.634 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.544 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 120 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.566 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 83 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.622 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.466 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 104 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.159 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 95 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.956 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 103 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.663 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.871 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 93 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.818 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 59 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.323 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 91 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.057 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 121 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.754 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 88 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.689 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.464 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 81 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.056 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 73 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.041 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 118 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.938 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 72 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.161 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 74 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.853 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 105 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.70 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 63 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 80 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.968 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 75 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1751 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.863 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.266 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 68 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.917 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.968 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 95 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.920 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.950 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 90 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.846 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 117 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.739 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 88 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.692 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.915 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 61 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.729 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 86 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.591 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.239 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 132 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.735 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1757 days ago · 130 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.320 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 151 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.566 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 86 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 73 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 82 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.562 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 105 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.562 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 94 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.523 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.952 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.646 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 95 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.778 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 67 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.772 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 75 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.764 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 99 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 120 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.763 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 100 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 97 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.113 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 48 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.958 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 102 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.880 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 70 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 100 km deep · 43 km away
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