M1.9 earthquake 38 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 38 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 5:09 PM AKST (02:09 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 19 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-12 02:09:59 UTC
- Depth
- 71.7 km (44.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.246° N, 152.562° 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
- 33
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.161 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 74 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.853 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 105 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 96 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.70 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.968 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 75 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1754 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.335 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.266 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 68 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.917 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 69 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.968 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 95 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.920 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 66 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.950 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 90 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.846 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 117 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.739 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 88 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.59 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.692 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.915 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 61 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.729 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 86 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.591 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.239 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 132 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.735 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 71 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.540 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.042 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 113 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.742 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 71 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 101 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.658 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 94 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.931 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 61 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.740 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 96 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.047 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 64 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 84 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.649 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 70 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.719 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 52 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.763 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 105 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.748 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 127 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.850 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 143 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.793 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.666 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 114 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.670 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 72 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 92 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.464 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 105 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.726 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 127 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.657 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 82 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.847 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 131 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.545 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 104 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.957 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 117 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.562 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 95 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.660 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 96 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.523 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 111 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.543 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.142 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 115 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.052 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 94 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.654 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 62 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.951 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.853 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 98 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 68 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.945 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 163 km deep · 99 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.761 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 87 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.041 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 118 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.056 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 73 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.464 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 81 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.689 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.754 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 88 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.057 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 121 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.323 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 91 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.818 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 59 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.871 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 93 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 108 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1757 days ago · 102 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.462 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 114 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.956 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 103 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.159 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 95 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.466 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 104 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.622 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.160 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 131 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.566 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 83 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.544 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 120 km deep · 62 km away
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