M1.9 earthquake 38 km W of Nikiski, Alaska

Magnitude

1.9 (ml), micro

Local time

Thu, Dec 9, 2021, 2:15 PM AKST

UTC

2021-12-09 23:15:49 UTC

Depth

84.1 km (52.3 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

60.718° N, 151.985° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

56

• Nikiski, AlaskaPopulation 4,493. Forecast38 kmW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast125 kmWSW

After

1. 2.119 km NW of Fox River, AlaskaThu, Dec 9, 2:42 PM AKST · 1750 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
2. 1.947 km WNW of Beluga, AlaskaThu, Dec 9, 2:49 PM AKST · 1750 days ago · 93 km deep · 63 km away
3. 1.764 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaThu, Dec 9, 5:27 PM AKST · 1750 days ago · 108 km deep · 87 km away
4. 1.548 km SSW of Skwentna, AlaskaFri, Dec 10, 2:19 AM AKST · 1749 days ago · 85 km deep · 96 km away
5. 1.59 km SSW of Point Possession, AlaskaFri, Dec 10, 2:24 AM AKST · 1749 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
6. 1.541 km W of Susitna, AlaskaFri, Dec 10, 10:14 AM AKST · 1749 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
7. 1.642 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaFri, Dec 10, 2:16 PM AKST · 1749 days ago · 84 km deep · 6 km away
8. 1.52 km SSE of Salamatof, AlaskaFri, Dec 10, 5:04 PM AKST · 1749 days ago · 62 km deep · 40 km away
9. 1.937 km WNW of Clam Gulch, AlaskaFri, Dec 10, 10:48 PM AKST · 1748 days ago · 73 km deep · 38 km away
10. 1.950 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaSat, Dec 11, 1:27 AM AKST · 1748 days ago · 79 km deep · 54 km away
11. 1.761 km W of Happy Valley, AlaskaSat, Dec 11, 2:36 PM AKST · 1748 days ago · 87 km deep · 88 km away
12. 1.734 km WSW of Salamatof, AlaskaSat, Dec 11, 4:35 PM AKST · 1748 days ago · 82 km deep · 19 km away
13. 1.769 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaSat, Dec 11, 5:41 PM AKST · 1748 days ago · 113 km deep · 78 km away
14. 2.070 km ENE of Pedro Bay, AlaskaSat, Dec 11, 6:52 PM AKST · 1748 days ago · 113 km deep · 88 km away
15. 1.764 km WNW of Tyonek, AlaskaSat, Dec 11, 8:38 PM AKST · 1747 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
16. 1.723 km N of Fox River, AlaskaSat, Dec 11, 10:17 PM AKST · 1747 days ago · 55 km deep · 91 km away
17. 1.756 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaSat, Dec 11, 10:30 PM AKST · 1747 days ago · 96 km deep · 82 km away
18. 1.811 km NNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaSat, Dec 11, 11:51 PM AKST · 1747 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
19. 1.6Southern AlaskaSun, Dec 12, 2:19 AM AKST · 1747 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
20. 2.335 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaSun, Dec 12, 3:46 PM AKST · 1747 days ago · 74 km deep · 81 km away
21. 1.970 km ENE of Port Alsworth, AlaskaSun, Dec 12, 4:31 PM AKST · 1747 days ago · 139 km deep · 71 km away
22. 2.065 km W of Tyonek, AlaskaSun, Dec 12, 7:38 PM AKST · 1746 days ago · 111 km deep · 41 km away
23. 1.976 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaSun, Dec 12, 9:17 PM AKST · 1746 days ago · 132 km deep · 38 km away
24. 1.639 km WNW of Beluga, AlaskaSun, Dec 12, 9:20 PM AKST · 1746 days ago · 84 km deep · 61 km away
25. 1.647 km S of Skwentna, AlaskaSun, Dec 12, 9:47 PM AKST · 1746 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
26. 1.767 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaSun, Dec 12, 11:37 PM AKST · 1746 days ago · 112 km deep · 31 km away
27. 1.543 km WNW of Nikiski, AlaskaMon, Dec 13, 1:21 AM AKST · 1746 days ago · 90 km deep · 14 km away
28. 1.726 km SW of Anchorage, AlaskaMon, Dec 13, 7:02 AM AKST · 1746 days ago · 45 km deep · 100 km away
29. 1.521 km ENE of Sterling, AlaskaMon, Dec 13, 8:22 AM AKST · 1746 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away
30. 1.538 km WNW of Nikiski, AlaskaMon, Dec 13, 9:31 AM AKST · 1746 days ago · 86 km deep · 6 km away
31. 1.59 km SE of Ninilchik, AlaskaMon, Dec 13, 11:04 AM AKST · 1746 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
32. 1.729 km W of Happy Valley, AlaskaMon, Dec 13, 12:07 PM AKST · 1746 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away
33. 1.932 km SE of Point Possession, AlaskaMon, Dec 13, 5:06 PM AKST · 1746 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
34. 1.966 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaTue, Dec 14, 2:32 AM AKST · 1745 days ago · 101 km deep · 87 km away
35. 2.627 km NNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaTue, Dec 14, 3:12 AM AKST · 1745 days ago · 85 km deep · 50 km away
36. 2.062 km E of Port Alsworth, AlaskaTue, Dec 14, 5:44 AM AKST · 1745 days ago · 142 km deep · 91 km away
37. 1.622 km NNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaTue, Dec 14, 6:23 AM AKST · 1745 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
38. 2.510 km S of Funny River, AlaskaTue, Dec 14, 9:53 AM AKST · 1745 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
39. 1.861 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaTue, Dec 14, 11:58 AM AKST · 1745 days ago · 96 km deep · 84 km away
40. 1.619 km SSW of Point Possession, AlaskaTue, Dec 14, 1:07 PM AKST · 1745 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
41. 1.666 km ENE of Pedro Bay, AlaskaWed, Dec 15, 2:45 AM AKST · 1744 days ago · 114 km deep · 94 km away
42. 2.869 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaWed, Dec 15, 10:09 AM AKST · 1744 days ago · 133 km deep · 55 km away
43. 2.614 km SE of Point Possession, AlaskaWed, Dec 15, 12:01 PM AKST · 1744 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
44. 1.773 km E of Port Alsworth, AlaskaWed, Dec 15, 11:28 PM AKST · 1743 days ago · 121 km deep · 81 km away
45. 1.828 km S of Susitna, AlaskaThu, Dec 16, 1:20 AM AKST · 1743 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
46. 1.523 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaThu, Dec 16, 8:19 AM AKST · 1743 days ago · 74 km deep · 76 km away
47. 1.664 km WNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaThu, Dec 16, 8:31 AM AKST · 1743 days ago · 111 km deep · 94 km away
48. 1.618 km SSE of Point Possession, AlaskaThu, Dec 16, 2:29 PM AKST · 1743 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
49. 1.542 km WSW of Salamatof, AlaskaThu, Dec 16, 7:46 PM AKST · 1742 days ago · 81 km deep · 24 km away
50. 1.564 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaThu, Dec 16, 8:14 PM AKST · 1742 days ago · 105 km deep · 59 km away
51. 2.052 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaFri, Dec 17, 1:44 AM AKST · 1742 days ago · 88 km deep · 79 km away
52. 1.579 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaFri, Dec 17, 9:04 AM AKST · 1742 days ago · 133 km deep · 41 km away
53. 2.612 km S of Point Possession, AlaskaFri, Dec 17, 10:50 AM AKST · 1742 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
54. 1.561 km WNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaFri, Dec 17, 4:34 PM AKST · 1742 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
55. 1.927 km NW of Nikiski, AlaskaSat, Dec 18, 12:42 AM AKST · 1741 days ago · 71 km deep · 30 km away
56. 1.519 km ENE of Nikiski, AlaskaSat, Dec 18, 5:58 AM AKST · 1741 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
57. 1.565 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaSat, Dec 18, 8:40 AM AKST · 1741 days ago · 114 km deep · 83 km away
58. 1.863 km W of Tyonek, AlaskaSat, Dec 18, 12:30 PM AKST · 1741 days ago · 114 km deep · 40 km away
59. 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, AlaskaSat, Dec 18, 1:03 PM AKST · 1741 days ago · 84 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 15
60. 1.529 km NW of Beluga, AlaskaSat, Dec 18, 9:56 PM AKST · 1740 days ago · 76 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

1. 1.8Southern AlaskaThu, Dec 9, 1:49 PM AKST · 1750 days ago · 102 km deep · 88 km away
2. 2.622 km WNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaThu, Dec 9, 7:29 AM AKST · 1750 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
3. 1.517 km WNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaThu, Dec 9, 4:27 AM AKST · 1750 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
4. 1.567 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaThu, Dec 9, 3:03 AM AKST · 1750 days ago · 106 km deep · 64 km away
5. 1.929 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaThu, Dec 9, 12:49 AM AKST · 1750 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
6. 2.227 km SW of Susitna, AlaskaThu, Dec 9, 12:41 AM AKST · 1750 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
7. 1.956 km E of Port Alsworth, AlaskaWed, Dec 8, 11:55 PM AKST · 1750 days ago · 141 km deep · 92 km away
8. 2.147 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaWed, Dec 8, 10:53 PM AKST · 1750 days ago · 90 km deep · 46 km away
9. 1.723 km NNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaWed, Dec 8, 10:34 PM AKST · 1750 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
10. 1.673 km ENE of Port Alsworth, AlaskaWed, Dec 8, 9:03 PM AKST · 1750 days ago · 128 km deep · 68 km away
11. 1.722 km WNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaWed, Dec 8, 8:40 PM AKST · 1750 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
12. 1.617 km NE of Beluga, AlaskaWed, Dec 8, 7:17 PM AKST · 1750 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
13. 1.652 km W of Cohoe, AlaskaWed, Dec 8, 3:53 PM AKST · 1751 days ago · 98 km deep · 32 km away
14. 1.658 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaWed, Dec 8, 3:42 PM AKST · 1751 days ago · 99 km deep · 21 km away
15. 1.727 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaWed, Dec 8, 3:32 PM AKST · 1751 days ago · 75 km deep · 14 km away
16. 3.222 km WNW of Clam Gulch, AlaskaWed, Dec 8, 1:18 PM AKST · 1751 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
17. 1.881 km ENE of Port Alsworth, AlaskaWed, Dec 8, 10:58 AM AKST · 1751 days ago · 137 km deep · 59 km away
18. 1.656 km WNW of Tyonek, AlaskaWed, Dec 8, 7:49 AM AKST · 1751 days ago · 104 km deep · 61 km away
19. 1.724 km WSW of Tyonek, AlaskaWed, Dec 8, 12:36 AM AKST · 1751 days ago · 67 km deep · 39 km away
20. 1.965 km E of Port Alsworth, AlaskaTue, Dec 7, 11:30 PM AKST · 1751 days ago · 132 km deep · 86 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021frn4bty. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:26 PM UTC.