M1.5 earthquake 11 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 11 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska on Mon, Dec 6, 2021, 12:15 PM AKST (21:15 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 72 km WNW 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
- 2021-12-06 21:15:15 UTC
- Depth
- 59.5 km (37.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.039° N, 151.466° 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
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.872 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.517 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 82 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.511 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 66 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.061 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 108 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.262 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 101 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 101 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.725 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 70 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.619 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.67 km N of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 58 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.712 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 61 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 97 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.533 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 76 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.912 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 1.624 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 49 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.675 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 135 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.664 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 91 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 75 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.674 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 124 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.156 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 101 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 94 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.942 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 80 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.325 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.06 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 97 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.760 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 104 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 60 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.662 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.761 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 134 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 1.716 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 47 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.742 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.910 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 83 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.611 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.628 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 70 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.461 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 93 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.571 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 136 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.77 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 45 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 2.133 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 105 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.96 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.643 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 75 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.015 km NE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.317 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 57 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 93 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 90 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.456 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 108 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.116 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 87 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 109 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.851 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 99 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 93 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.814 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 101 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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