M1.5 earthquake 19 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 19 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska on Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 2:35 PM AKST (23:35 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 36 km NNW of Valdez, 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
- 2021-12-12 23:35:28 UTC
- Depth
- 14.4 km (8.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.691° N, 146.702° 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
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.136 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.638 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.555 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.934 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.535 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.747 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.142 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.231 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.942 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.560 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.125 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.530 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.720 km NE of Valdez, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.140 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.515 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.633 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.043 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 1737 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.123 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.619 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.2Southern Alaska · 1736 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.829 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.638 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.637 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.650 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 3.335 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
- 1.531 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.948 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.639 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.639 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.533 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.733 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.736 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.955 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.839 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.738 km E of Valdez, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Cordova, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.525 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.042 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.041 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.936 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.560 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.841 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.820 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.044 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.732 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.546 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.552 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.543 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.620 km ENE of Valdez, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.740 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.529 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.558 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.641 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.340 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.616 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.24 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.939 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
The first 60 of 104.
Before
- 1.543 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.517 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.822 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.940 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.558 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1751 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.037 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.839 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.141 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.034 km NNE of Valdez, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.855 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.654 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.545 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.739 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.657 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.749 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.512 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
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