M1.5 earthquake 52 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 52 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Thu, Dec 2, 2021, 6:10 PM AKST (03:10 UTC), 91 km (57 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 48 km NW of Ninilchik, 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
- 2021-12-03 03:10:52 UTC
- Depth
- 91.0 km (56.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.915° N, 152.144° 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
- 34
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 186 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.542 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 91 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.865 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 134 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 130 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.782 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.757 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 104 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.97 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 68 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.782 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 125 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.672 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 113 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.81 km NW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.515 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.447 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 93 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.329 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 78 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.255 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 107 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.063 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.621 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.769 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 127 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.077 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.712 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.179 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 127 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.86 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.769 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 111 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 97 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.847 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 113 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.637 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 103 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.653 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 81 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.561 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 95 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.631 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 75 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.847 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 95 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.520 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.965 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 132 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.724 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 67 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.747 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 102 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 104 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.881 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 137 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.222 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.727 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.658 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 99 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.652 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 98 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.617 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.673 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 128 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.723 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 66 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.147 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 90 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.227 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.929 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 106 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.938 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 84 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 93 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.629 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.548 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 85 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.59 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.541 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.642 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 84 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.52 km SSE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.937 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 79 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.734 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 82 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 113 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.876 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 127 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 111 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 93 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.537 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.517 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.549 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 84 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.166 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 105 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.557 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 83 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.641 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 85 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.654 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 93 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.965 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 115 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.631 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 82 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.151 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 89 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.739 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 93 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1765 days ago · 91 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.638 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.741 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.840 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 97 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.79 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
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