Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 29 km NE of Pilot Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 29 km NE of Pilot Point, Alaska on Wed, Dec 22, 2021, 11:11 PM AKST (08:11 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 Alaska Peninsula. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-23 08:11:46 UTC
Depth
2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.778° N, 157.304° 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
31

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.728 km NE of Pilot Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1731 days ago · 188 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.767 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 123 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 2.660 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 152 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.181 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 103 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.259 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.533 km NNE of Pilot Point, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 2.677 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 130 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 1.873 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.679 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 86 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.791 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 109 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.974 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 129 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.874 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 130 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 2.183 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 125 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.573 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.958 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1699 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 3.377 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 124 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.281 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 78 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.253 km E of Egegik, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 2.827 km NNE of Pilot Point, Alaska · 1688 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  22. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1687 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  23. 2.455 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 2.345 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 111 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 2.353 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1678 days ago · 68 km deep · 70 km away
  26. 2.780 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 2.261 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 130 km deep · 46 km away

Before

  1. 3.131 km NNE of Pilot Point, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 1.978 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 124 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 3.165 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 136 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.686 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.538 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 129 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.057 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 1.834 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.690 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 102 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 1.575 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 117 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.675 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.673 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.772 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 127 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.154 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 148 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.347 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 95 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.890 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1752 days ago · 81 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.481 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.081 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.572 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 94 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.144 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 115 km deep · 50 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021gejotkx. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:45 PM UTC.