M1.5 earthquake Southern Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 9:30 PM AKST (06:30 UTC), 89 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 48 km NW of Ninilchik, 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
- 2021-12-22 06:30:05 UTC
- Depth
- 88.8 km (55.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.335° N, 152.207° 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
- 39
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.133 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.940 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 196 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.56 km S of Kenai, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.848 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 153 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.823 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 69 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 110 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.577 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 141 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.732 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 81 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.556 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 102 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1740 days ago · 175 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.551 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 101 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 86 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.560 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 102 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.040 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 121 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 82 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.052 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 90 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.650 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 119 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.851 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.572 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 115 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.517 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 74 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.434 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 92 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 94 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 95 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.826 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 86 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.734 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 134 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 88 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.145 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 85 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.868 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 128 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.156 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 150 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 93 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.563 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 153 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.055 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 101 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.648 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 118 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1737 days ago · 148 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.020 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.719 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 105 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.655 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 99 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.630 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.675 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 120 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.164 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 110 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.514 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 69 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 118 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.340 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 88 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 101 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.743 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 128 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 86 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.939 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 87 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 90 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 95 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 91 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.620 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 69 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.51 km SSW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.541 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 77 km deep · 59 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.35 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.634 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 75 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.957 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 151 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.958 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 151 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1,888 · tsunami flag
- 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 112 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.848 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 84 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.847 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 80 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.758 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 94 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.957 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 141 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.763 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.936 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 79 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.917 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.666 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 119 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.663 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 100 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.51 km NNW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 55 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 118 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.762 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 137 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.640 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021gcv2lcx. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 7:52 PM UTC.