M1.7 earthquake 5 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 5 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Thu, Dec 9, 2021, 5:24 PM AKST (02:24 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 32 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-10 02:24:12 UTC
- Depth
- 36.0 km (22.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.323° N, 149.896° 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
- 44
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
- 1.932 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.48 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 1.619 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.614 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1743 days ago · 55 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.333 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.828 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 62 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1742 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.634 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.68 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 39 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 37 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 4
- 3.511 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 227
- 1.810 km NE of Knik River, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.824 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.612 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 37 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.58 km N of Tanaina, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.86 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.519 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 63 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 84 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 15
- 1.529 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 76 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.57 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.79 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.126 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.829 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.021 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.931 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 76 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.516 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.39 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 51 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 4
- 1.511 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 52 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.421 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 43 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km S of Houston, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 1.527 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.534 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.65 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 45 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.020 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.047 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 77 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.22 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 44 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 33
- 1.635 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.514 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.725 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 54 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.522 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.72 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.716 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 69 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.532 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.84 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 41 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.825 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.823 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.514 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.62 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.021 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.522 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 52 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.02 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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