M1.5 earthquake 64 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 64 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 8:14 PM AKST (05:14 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 50 km ENE of Port Alsworth, 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
- 2021-12-17 05:14:14 UTC
- Depth
- 105.0 km (65.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.321° N, 152.703° 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
- 30
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
- 1.567 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 102 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.350 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 169 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 110 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.957 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 90 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.837 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 136 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.764 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 118 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.161 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 148 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.871 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 113 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.323 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 145 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.933 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 75 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 101 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.852 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 97 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 102 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.640 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 77 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.328 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 66 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.517 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.04 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 92 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.144 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 82 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.237 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.938 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 129 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.228 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.739 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 78 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.755 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 96 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.759 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 93 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.858 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 108 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.851 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 132 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.669 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 111 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.935 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 139 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.728 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.719 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.942 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 132 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.652 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 99 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 97 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 110 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.662 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 99 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.583 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 131 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 113 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.845 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 99 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.534 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 85 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.558 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 131 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.576 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.218 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.718 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.562 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 105 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.049 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 168 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.749 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 122 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.367 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 112 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 1.854 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 104 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.731 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 131 km deep · 81 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.858 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 105 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 74 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.060 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 105 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.067 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 112 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.047 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 96 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.443 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.849 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 111 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.97 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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