Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 21 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 21 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska on Mon, Dec 13, 2021, 8:22 AM AKST (17:22 UTC), 54 km (33 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 11 km NNE of Hope, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Sterling forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-13 17:22:43 UTC
Depth
53.5 km (33.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.590° N, 150.380° 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: 193 in the 60 days after this one and 107 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 1.538 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.59 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.932 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 2.627 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 85 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.622 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.627 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.510 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 67 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 2.48 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.619 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 48 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 2.614 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 48 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1748 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 1.828 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.618 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 1.542 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 81 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.68 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.514 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
  18. 3.511 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 227
  19. 2.612 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 41 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 1.927 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 71 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 1.86 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 1.519 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 63 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 84 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 15
  24. 1.529 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 76 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 1.57 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 1.716 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 1.814 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 1.79 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 2.021 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 38 km deep · 10 km away
  30. 1.51 km NNW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 55 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 1.917 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 1.936 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.848 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 84 km deep · 100 km away
  34. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 47 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 1.56 km S of Kenai, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 62 km deep · 50 km away
  36. 1.823 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 1.732 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 1.511 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 52 km deep · 52 km away
  39. 2.421 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.527 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 74 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 1.616 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
  42. 1.65 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.020 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  44. 1.719 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 67 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 1.630 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 50 km deep · 49 km away
  46. 3.22 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 33
  47. 1.514 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 50 km deep · 29 km away
  48. 2.725 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 54 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 1.72 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
  50. 1.939 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 2.15 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 48 km deep · 28 km away
  52. 1.837 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 91 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 1.532 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 74 km deep · 82 km away
  54. 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 1.513 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
  56. 1.514 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 1.520 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 1.539 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 83 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 2.128 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.828 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away

The first 60 of 193.

Before

  1. 1.726 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.543 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 90 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.75 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.723 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.523 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 47 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.734 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.627 km E of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 1.937 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 73 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.52 km SSE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 62 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 1.642 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.634 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 57 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.59 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 1.75 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.629 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.119 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.938 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 84 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.227 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.723 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.617 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 1.727 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021fy5qlq8. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:21 AM UTC.