M2.9 earthquake 63 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 63 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 10:04 PM AKST (07:04 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 35 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-26 07:04:15 UTC
- Depth
- 12.6 km (7.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.798° N, 162.149° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.9 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.130 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 208 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.652 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 81 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.927 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 182 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.333 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 137 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.821 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 158 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.435 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 188 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.056 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 183 km deep · 31 km away
Before
- 2.237 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 138 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.835 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.625 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.556 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.455 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gd7y (also filed as ak021gjhnveq). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:12 PM UTC.