Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 15 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 15 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska on Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 8:54 AM AKST (17:54 UTC), 88 km (54 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 40 km W of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-12-10 17:54:23 UTC
Depth
87.5 km (54.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
62.559° N, 151.023° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.5ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.7ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.027 · 187 stations

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
81

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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 185 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.836 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 103 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 2.041 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 89 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 1.574 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 110 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.552 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.133 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 2.050 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 103 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.544 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 108 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1756 days ago · 77 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.729 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 81 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 1.576 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 108 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 2.033 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 81 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 2.054 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 69 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.642 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 105 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.868 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 128 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.924 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.672 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.247 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 1.5Central Alaska · 1756 days ago · 120 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 1.720 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 83 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 1.661 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 105 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 1.527 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 68 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 1.621 km ESE of Chase, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 1.560 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 149 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 1.656 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 114 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 1.671 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 116 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 2.158 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 106 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 1.535 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 103 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 1.633 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 1.99 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 53 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 1.863 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 131 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 2.259 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 123 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 2.333 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 2.012 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 1.634 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 1.824 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 1.635 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 85 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 2.511 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 1.745 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 100 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 1.970 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 119 km deep · 82 km away
  40. 2.364 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 120 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 1.941 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 105 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 1.948 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 112 km deep · 37 km away
  43. 3.140 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 123 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 1.829 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.547 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  46. 1.749 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  47. 1.931 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 1.526 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 82 km deep · 12 km away
  49. 1.748 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 2.775 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 115 km deep · 79 km away
  51. 1.645 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 1.544 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 136 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 1.516 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 58 km deep · 100 km away
  54. 1.844 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  55. 2.246 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
  56. 1.635 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 84 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 1.834 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 85 km deep · 34 km away
  58. 2.477 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 116 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 1.616 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  60. 1.643 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 107 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.568 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 95 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.559 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 122 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.624 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 1.525 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.669 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 115 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.519 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.344 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 108 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.520 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 81 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 1.924 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 80 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 1.524 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.758 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.552 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 125 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.663 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 129 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.829 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 69 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 3.624 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 64 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 2.139 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 105 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 1.651 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 104 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 1.754 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 86 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.821 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 69 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 1.734 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 87 km deep · 51 km away

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