M1.5 earthquake 14 km S of Point Possession, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 14 km S of Point Possession, Alaska on Sun, Dec 26, 2021, 4:31 AM AKST (13:31 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 8 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-26 13:31:20 UTC
- Depth
- 50.2 km (31.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.795° N, 150.696° 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
- 51
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 155 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.725 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 54 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.72 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.939 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 87 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 90 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 48 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.716 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 69 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 95 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 91 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.532 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.84 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.532 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.662 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 120 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.513 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 50 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 103 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.825 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.514 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.637 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 89 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.62 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.539 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 83 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1732 days ago · 114 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.128 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.664 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 109 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 67 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.931 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 79 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.522 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 52 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 92 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.02 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 64 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.615 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.666 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 109 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 78 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.51 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 84 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 86 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.616 km W of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.740 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 84 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 99 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.91 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 9
- 1.929 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.750 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 102 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.742 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 85 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.54 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.823 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.62 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 53 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.441 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.90 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 10
- 2.150 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 85 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.87 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 86 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.550 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 83 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.858 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 87 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.515 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 63 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.710 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.635 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 78 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.22 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 33
- 1.630 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.047 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.719 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 67 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.020 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.65 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.527 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 74 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 92 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.421 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 1.511 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 52 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.732 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 110 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.823 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.56 km S of Kenai, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 62 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1740 days ago · 89 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away
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