M2.2 earthquake 42 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 42 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska on Sun, Aug 14, 2016, 9:40 AM AKDT (17:40 UTC), 118 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 54 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-14 17:40:36 UTC
- Depth
- 117.7 km (73.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.633° N, 153.424° 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
- 52
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.260 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 103 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.620 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 115 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.061 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 114 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.661 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 100 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.543 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 101 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.261 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 89 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.658 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 106 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.645 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 74 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 103 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 101 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.547 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 110 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.059 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 102 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 90 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 80 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.960 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 100 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.957 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 102 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.052 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 82 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.641 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 131 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.837 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 126 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.950 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 112 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.956 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 107 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 108 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.627 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 79 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.030 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.041 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 138 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.867 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 126 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.061 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 87 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3700 days ago · 127 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.729 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.463 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 111 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.260 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 102 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.938 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 105 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.873 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3700 days ago · 88 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.842 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 111 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.541 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 71 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.664 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 129 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.633 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 137 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 100 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.546 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 112 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.749 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 107 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.656 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 106 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.541 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.038 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 116 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 105 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 109 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 106 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.742 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.150 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 104 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.058 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 99 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 107 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 115 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.741 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.665 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 99 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
- 1.760 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 117 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 89 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.057 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 107 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.841 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 121 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.859 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 105 km deep · 28 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.627 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 72 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.045 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 88 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.727 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 84 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.856 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 104 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.754 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 108 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.724 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.167 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 131 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.658 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 103 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.644 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 127 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 99 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.655 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 105 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.642 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.659 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 121 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.144 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 111 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 17 · tsunami flag
- 1.559 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 100 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.549 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 109 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.641 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 114 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.556 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 99 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.644 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.250 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 155 km deep · 55 km away
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