M1.8 earthquake 35 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 35 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 6:56 AM AKST (15:56 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 33 km NNE of King Cove, 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
- 2021-12-17 15:56:56 UTC
- Depth
- 12.9 km (8.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.804° N, 161.649° 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
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.813 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.76 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.237 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 138 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.09 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.963 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.130 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 208 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.652 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 81 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.927 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 182 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.333 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 137 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 3.123 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 98 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.625 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.556 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.455 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.727 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.229 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 86 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021g4qwfvy. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:00 AM UTC.