Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 12 km S of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 12 km S of Point Possession, Alaska on Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 10:50 AM AKST (19:50 UTC), 41 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 8 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-17 19:50:08 UTC
Depth
40.6 km (25.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.810° N, 150.725° 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
88

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 202 in the 60 days after this one and 165 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.65 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.927 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 1.86 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.519 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 63 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 1.863 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 114 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 84 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 15
  7. 1.529 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.57 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.716 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.814 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.79 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 3.126 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 63 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.021 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 1.51 km NNW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.917 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 1.936 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.848 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 84 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 112 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.39 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
  20. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1742 days ago · 89 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 1.56 km S of Kenai, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 62 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 1.823 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 1.567 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 110 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 1.732 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 1.511 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 52 km deep · 25 km away
  27. 2.421 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.563 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 1.650 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 1.550 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 92 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 2.64 km S of Houston, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  32. 1.527 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 1.616 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 1.65 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 2.020 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  36. 1.719 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 67 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 2.047 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 1.630 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 1.675 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 120 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 3.22 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 33
  41. 1.635 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 1.514 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 50 km deep · 2 km away
  43. 2.725 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 54 km deep · 59 km away
  44. 1.72 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 1.939 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 87 km deep · 75 km away
  46. 1.547 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 2.15 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 1.716 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
  49. 1.547 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 95 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 1.837 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 91 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 1.532 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 69 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 1.84 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 1.532 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 1.662 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 120 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 1.513 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
  57. 1.559 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 103 km deep · 88 km away
  58. 1.55 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  59. 1.825 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.514 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 1.928 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 3.511 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 227
  3. 1.514 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
  4. 1.68 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.542 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 81 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.618 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1748 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.828 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 62 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1749 days ago · 55 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 2.614 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 48 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 1.619 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 48 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 2.48 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.510 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 1.627 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.622 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.627 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 85 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.932 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 1.538 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.521 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 54 km deep · 31 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021g4t8s6v (also filed as us6000gd7k). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:15 PM UTC.