Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 8 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 8 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 12:58 PM AKST (21:58 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 4 km S of Houston, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-14 21:58:47 UTC
Depth
38.7 km (24.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.368° N, 150.131° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

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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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.511 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 52 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 2.421 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 43 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.550 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.64 km S of Houston, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  5. 1.616 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.527 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 1.516 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.641 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 91 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.65 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 45 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.020 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.047 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 3.22 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 44 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 33
  13. 1.635 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.514 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 2.725 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 54 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 1.522 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 60 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 1.547 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 90 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.716 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 69 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 1.532 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 69 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 1.84 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 41 km deep · 16 km away
  21. 1.55 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 1.825 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 70 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.823 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 1.62 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  25. 2.021 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 1.76 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 41 km deep · 23 km away
  27. 1.828 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 67 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 1.522 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 1.750 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 92 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 2.02 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 1.615 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 1.536 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
  33. 1.620 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 1.51 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 59 km deep · 28 km away
  35. 1.515 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 1.612 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 2.12 km S of Houston, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
  38. 2.91 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 36 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 9
  39. 1.54 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 1.823 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 3.011 km E of Willow, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
  42. 1.62 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 53 km deep · 19 km away
  43. 2.441 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  44. 2.90 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 10
  45. 1.87 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 39 km deep · 25 km away
  46. 1.512 km SW of Knik River, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  47. 1.546 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 1.545 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 86 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 1.639 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 1.515 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 63 km deep · 65 km away
  51. 2.428 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
  52. 1.64 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 56 km deep · 31 km away
  53. 1.910 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 1.636 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 2.69 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.26 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 1.63 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 45 km deep · 22 km away
  58. 1.85 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 41 km deep · 5 km away
  59. 2.215 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.922 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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