M1.5 earthquake 67 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 67 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Dec 9, 2021, 3:03 AM AKST (12:03 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 41 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-09 12:03:07 UTC
- Depth
- 105.8 km (65.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.291° N, 152.775° 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
- 33
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
- 2.041 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 73 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.354 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 91 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.854 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 143 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.559 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 102 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.531 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 81 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.454 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 122 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.667 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 106 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 100 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.628 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 140 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1711 days ago · 118 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.562 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 98 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.656 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 101 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.050 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 114 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.97 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 49 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.546 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 128 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 105 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.660 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 118 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.851 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 90 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.637 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 78 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.631 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 82 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 100 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.753 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 145 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.746 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 131 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.753 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 151 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 97 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 83 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.133 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 153 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.762 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 128 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 80 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.762 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 116 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 113 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.759 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 135 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.748 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 82 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.550 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 87 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.947 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 134 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.641 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 79 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 111 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.734 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 75 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 95 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.573 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 121 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 90 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.529 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 115 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.868 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 113 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.148 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 115 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 911 · tsunami flag
- 1.761 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 105 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.74 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 75 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.849 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 91 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.860 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 93 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.954 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 110 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.244 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 138 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.842 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 113 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.79 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.56 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.934 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 133 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.722 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 78 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.641 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.743 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 129 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 98 km deep · 10 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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