Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 54 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 54 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska on Wed, Dec 1, 2021, 4:30 AM AKST (13:30 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.8 100 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-01 13:30:10 UTC
Depth
22.3 km (13.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.715° N, 168.149° 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.

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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7107 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 1.987 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.561 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 3.154 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.388 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.487 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.8117 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.950 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 2.0134 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.9134 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.798 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 3.2116 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.361 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 1.874 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.565 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 4.054 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.353 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 43 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.059 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 2.363 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 2.2Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 1.783 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 2.1109 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 1.991 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 1.9113 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 2.285 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 2.558 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 34 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 1.949 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  28. 2.230 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
  29. 3.391 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  30. 2.491 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 6.8100 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 28 · tsunami flag
  32. 3.172 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 4.591 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 4.883 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
  35. 4.653 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 3.4104 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 3.683 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 5.488 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  39. 3.1116 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 2.894 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 3.598 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
  42. 4.793 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  43. 3.3105 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 2.8113 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 4.494 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  46. 2.497 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 3.296 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  48. 2.992 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
  49. 2.386 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 2.398 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  51. 3.297 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  52. 2.896 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 2.388 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  54. 3.994 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 2.795 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 3.0117 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  57. 3.4106 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 4.781 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  59. 6.653 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 5 · tsunami flag
  60. 3.388 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.776 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.248 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 1.985 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 53 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 2.2103 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.197 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.032 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 2.551 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 3.994 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 2.983 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 3.828 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 66 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 2.172 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 2.292 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 1.892 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 3.1Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 53 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 2.249 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.791 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.0107 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 2.290 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.854 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 74 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 2.953 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021fe8ycly. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:58 PM UTC.