M1.6 earthquake 66 km W of Nikiski, Alaska

Magnitude

1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 8:54 PM AKST

UTC

2022-01-01 05:54:50 UTC

Depth

109.0 km (67.7 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

60.765° N, 152.499° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

36

• Nikiski, AlaskaPopulation 4,493. Forecast66 kmW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast149 kmWSW

After

1. 1.536 km WNW of Tyonek, AlaskaFri, Dec 31, 11:01 PM AKST · 1738 days ago · 78 km deep · 63 km away
2. 2.156 km NE of Pedro Bay, AlaskaSat, Jan 1, 8:30 AM AKST · 1737 days ago · 124 km deep · 87 km away
3. 1.943 km W of Happy Valley, AlaskaSat, Jan 1, 1:55 PM AKST · 1737 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away
4. 1.848 km WNW of Clam Gulch, AlaskaSat, Jan 1, 6:09 PM AKST · 1737 days ago · 84 km deep · 44 km away
5. 2.663 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaSat, Jan 1, 9:25 PM AKST · 1737 days ago · 105 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
6. 1.866 km ENE of Pedro Bay, AlaskaSat, Jan 1, 9:36 PM AKST · 1737 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away
7. 1.841 km WNW of Nikiski, AlaskaSat, Jan 1, 10:37 PM AKST · 1737 days ago · 86 km deep · 34 km away
8. 2.449 km E of Port Alsworth, AlaskaSun, Jan 2, 12:07 AM AKST · 1737 days ago · 151 km deep · 85 km away
9. 1.837 km WNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaSun, Jan 2, 1:57 AM AKST · 1736 days ago · 86 km deep · 95 km away
10. 1.740 km W of Tyonek, AlaskaSun, Jan 2, 11:20 AM AKST · 1736 days ago · 84 km deep · 46 km away
11. 1.760 km WNW of Nikiski, AlaskaSun, Jan 2, 11:36 AM AKST · 1736 days ago · 99 km deep · 11 km away
12. 1.929 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaSun, Jan 2, 4:11 PM AKST · 1736 days ago · 78 km deep · 38 km away
13. 1.750 km W of Tyonek, AlaskaSun, Jan 2, 5:38 PM AKST · 1736 days ago · 102 km deep · 45 km away
14. 1.626 km WNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaSun, Jan 2, 8:44 PM AKST · 1736 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
15. 1.742 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaSun, Jan 2, 9:25 PM AKST · 1736 days ago · 81 km deep · 51 km away
16. 2.563 km SW of Skwentna, AlaskaSun, Jan 2, 11:15 PM AKST · 1736 days ago · 119 km deep · 93 km away
17. 1.527 km WNW of Nikiski, AlaskaSun, Jan 2, 11:25 PM AKST · 1736 days ago · 85 km deep · 39 km away
18. 1.846 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaSun, Jan 2, 11:41 PM AKST · 1736 days ago · 82 km deep · 80 km away
19. 1.973 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaSun, Jan 2, 11:54 PM AKST · 1736 days ago · 112 km deep · 70 km away
20. 1.847 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaMon, Jan 3, 9:03 AM AKST · 1735 days ago · 83 km deep · 63 km away
21. 1.949 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaMon, Jan 3, 1:00 PM AKST · 1735 days ago · 92 km deep · 67 km away
22. 1.858 km WNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaMon, Jan 3, 1:49 PM AKST · 1735 days ago · 97 km deep · 100 km away
23. 1.6Southern AlaskaTue, Jan 4, 6:28 AM AKST · 1734 days ago · 102 km deep · 85 km away
24. 1.669 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaTue, Jan 4, 6:59 PM AKST · 1734 days ago · 104 km deep · 32 km away
25. 2.150 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaWed, Jan 5, 12:55 AM AKST · 1734 days ago · 85 km deep · 17 km away
26. 1.766 km WNW of Nikiski, AlaskaWed, Jan 5, 2:25 AM AKST · 1733 days ago · 115 km deep · 19 km away
27. 1.545 km WNW of Beluga, AlaskaWed, Jan 5, 12:25 PM AKST · 1733 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away
28. 1.550 km W of Cohoe, AlaskaWed, Jan 5, 3:48 PM AKST · 1733 days ago · 83 km deep · 40 km away
29. 1.765 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaWed, Jan 5, 5:00 PM AKST · 1733 days ago · 115 km deep · 54 km away
30. 1.857 km E of Port Alsworth, AlaskaWed, Jan 5, 6:43 PM AKST · 1733 days ago · 142 km deep · 80 km away
31. 1.858 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaWed, Jan 5, 10:50 PM AKST · 1733 days ago · 87 km deep · 36 km away
32. 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaWed, Jan 5, 11:46 PM AKST · 1733 days ago · 83 km deep · 45 km away
33. 1.948 km E of Port Alsworth, AlaskaThu, Jan 6, 12:07 AM AKST · 1733 days ago · 159 km deep · 87 km away
34. 1.515 km SSE of Tyonek, AlaskaThu, Jan 6, 2:12 AM AKST · 1732 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away
35. 1.567 km WNW of Beluga, AlaskaThu, Jan 6, 3:43 AM AKST · 1732 days ago · 116 km deep · 70 km away
36. 1.710 km E of Ninilchik, AlaskaThu, Jan 6, 4:00 AM AKST · 1732 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
37. 1.856 km WNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaThu, Jan 6, 4:46 AM AKST · 1732 days ago · 99 km deep · 88 km away
38. 2.769 km E of Port Alsworth, AlaskaThu, Jan 6, 7:24 AM AKST · 1732 days ago · 120 km deep · 71 km away
39. 1.910 km NNW of Beluga, AlaskaThu, Jan 6, 1:56 PM AKST · 1732 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
40. 1.660 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaThu, Jan 6, 4:05 PM AKST · 1732 days ago · 114 km deep · 56 km away
41. 1.958 km WNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaThu, Jan 6, 7:57 PM AKST · 1732 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away
42. 1.673 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaFri, Jan 7, 2:13 PM AKST · 1731 days ago · 121 km deep · 69 km away
43. 1.610 km NNW of Clam Gulch, AlaskaFri, Jan 7, 4:36 PM AKST · 1731 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
44. 1.658 km ENE of Pedro Bay, AlaskaFri, Jan 7, 9:05 PM AKST · 1731 days ago · 131 km deep · 89 km away
45. 2.666 km WNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaSat, Jan 8, 3:44 AM AKST · 1730 days ago · 114 km deep · 86 km away
46. 1.868 km W of Tyonek, AlaskaSat, Jan 8, 4:32 AM AKST · 1730 days ago · 112 km deep · 36 km away
47. 1.754 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaSat, Jan 8, 9:28 AM AKST · 1730 days ago · 99 km deep · 45 km away
48. 1.636 km NW of Nikiski, AlaskaSat, Jan 8, 12:33 PM AKST · 1730 days ago · 84 km deep · 42 km away
49. 1.515 km WNW of Nikiski, AlaskaSat, Jan 8, 4:17 PM AKST · 1730 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
50. 1.655 km WNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaSat, Jan 8, 5:22 PM AKST · 1730 days ago · 94 km deep · 96 km away
51. 2.628 km WNW of Kalifornsky, AlaskaSat, Jan 8, 6:34 PM AKST · 1730 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
52. 1.86 km ENE of Ridgeway, AlaskaSat, Jan 8, 7:05 PM AKST · 1730 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
53. 1.643 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaSat, Jan 8, 8:11 PM AKST · 1730 days ago · 88 km deep · 51 km away
54. 1.6Southern AlaskaSat, Jan 8, 9:51 PM AKST · 1730 days ago · 103 km deep · 65 km away
55. 1.765 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaSun, Jan 9, 2:03 AM AKST · 1729 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
56. 1.625 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaSun, Jan 9, 2:10 AM AKST · 1729 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
57. 2.0Southern AlaskaSun, Jan 9, 5:22 AM AKST · 1729 days ago · 134 km deep · 100 km away
58. 2.065 km E of Port Alsworth, AlaskaSun, Jan 9, 6:10 AM AKST · 1729 days ago · 142 km deep · 68 km away
59. 1.868 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaSun, Jan 9, 7:41 AM AKST · 1729 days ago · 104 km deep · 64 km away
60. 2.428 km WNW of Salamatof, AlaskaSun, Jan 9, 6:16 PM AKST · 1729 days ago · 75 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

1. 2.02 km NE of Tyonek, AlaskaFri, Dec 31, 5:02 PM AKST · 1738 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
2. 1.750 km WNW of Beluga, AlaskaFri, Dec 31, 10:21 AM AKST · 1738 days ago · 92 km deep · 78 km away
3. 1.931 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaFri, Dec 31, 8:30 AM AKST · 1738 days ago · 79 km deep · 36 km away
4. 2.053 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaFri, Dec 31, 6:39 AM AKST · 1738 days ago · 94 km deep · 81 km away
5. 1.8Southern AlaskaFri, Dec 31, 4:59 AM AKST · 1738 days ago · 112 km deep · 26 km away
6. 1.761 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaFri, Dec 31, 12:22 AM AKST · 1739 days ago · 106 km deep · 73 km away
7. 1.664 km WNW of Nikiski, AlaskaFri, Dec 31, 12:10 AM AKST · 1739 days ago · 109 km deep · 23 km away
8. 1.562 km WNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaThu, Dec 30, 11:58 PM AKST · 1739 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
9. 2.59 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaThu, Dec 30, 10:39 PM AKST · 1739 days ago · 79 km deep · 93 km away
10. 1.658 km E of Port Alsworth, AlaskaThu, Dec 30, 6:41 PM AKST · 1739 days ago · 148 km deep · 78 km away
11. 1.751 km NE of Pedro Bay, AlaskaThu, Dec 30, 5:13 PM AKST · 1739 days ago · 140 km deep · 91 km away
12. 2.461 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaThu, Dec 30, 9:28 AM AKST · 1739 days ago · 112 km deep · 73 km away
13. 1.669 km E of Port Alsworth, AlaskaThu, Dec 30, 6:59 AM AKST · 1739 days ago · 133 km deep · 65 km away
14. 1.562 km E of Port Alsworth, AlaskaThu, Dec 30, 2:56 AM AKST · 1739 days ago · 142 km deep · 75 km away
15. 2.128 km WNW of Kalifornsky, AlaskaThu, Dec 30, 1:33 AM AKST · 1740 days ago · 73 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
16. 1.5Southern AlaskaWed, Dec 29, 11:28 PM AKST · 1740 days ago · 114 km deep · 16 km away
17. 1.539 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaWed, Dec 29, 10:12 PM AKST · 1740 days ago · 83 km deep · 33 km away
18. 1.520 km WNW of Kalifornsky, AlaskaWed, Dec 29, 9:12 PM AKST · 1740 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away
19. 2.071 km ENE of Port Alsworth, AlaskaWed, Dec 29, 7:47 PM AKST · 1740 days ago · 136 km deep · 55 km away
20. 1.637 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaWed, Dec 29, 7:56 AM AKST · 1740 days ago · 89 km deep · 57 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0221qu721. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC.