M1.5 earthquake 9 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 9 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska on Mon, Dec 13, 2021, 11:04 AM AKST (20:04 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.6 50 km E of Pedro Bay, 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
- 2021-12-13 20:04:59 UTC
- Depth
- 57.5 km (35.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.981° N, 151.555° 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
- 45
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
- 1.546 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 128 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 105 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.660 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 118 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.851 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 90 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.637 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 78 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.631 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 82 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 100 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.817 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.746 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 131 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 97 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.521 km ENE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 83 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.110 km NW of Sterling, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.762 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 128 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 80 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.762 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 116 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.759 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 135 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.748 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 82 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.550 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 87 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.641 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 79 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 111 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.734 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 75 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 95 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.573 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 121 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 90 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.529 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.868 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 113 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.148 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 115 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 911 · tsunami flag
- 1.74 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 75 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.849 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 91 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.860 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.954 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 110 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.79 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 62 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.56 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 71 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.722 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.641 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 98 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.759 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 99 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.763 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 118 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.610 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 68 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.552 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 81 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.662 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 113 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.164 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 109 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.823 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 70 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 112 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.656 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 98 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.945 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 95 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.466 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 117 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.836 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.960 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 96 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 77 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.54 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.058 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 112 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.717 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1702 days ago · 84 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.765 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 131 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.424 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 120 km deep · 79 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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