M1.5 earthquake 22 km E of Point Possession, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 22 km E of Point Possession, Alaska on Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 10:07 AM AKST (19:07 UTC), 52 km (32 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
- 2021-12-31 19:07:52 UTC
- Depth
- 52.3 km (32.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.897° N, 150.282° 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
- 40
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 129 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.02 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.615 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.51 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 59 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.12 km S of Houston, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.616 km W of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.740 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 84 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.91 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 9
- 1.929 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.750 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 102 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.54 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.823 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.011 km E of Willow, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
- 1.62 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.441 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.90 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 10
- 1.87 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.512 km SW of Knik River, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.515 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 63 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.428 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.910 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 63 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.26 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.610 km NNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.85 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.636 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 84 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 72 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.628 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 2.620 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
- 2.428 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.518 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 53 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.56 km SSE of Knik, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.517 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.619 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 44 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.67 km N of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.712 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.533 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.411 km NW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.624 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.620 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.742 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.910 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.611 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 49 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.628 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.95 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.049 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.720 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.74 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.726 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.07 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 54 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.317 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.931 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 79 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.128 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.520 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 71 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.62 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.514 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.823 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.825 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.55 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.513 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.532 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.84 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.532 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.716 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 90 km deep · 97 km away
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