M2.1 earthquake 59 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 59 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska on Fri, Oct 21, 2016, 7:56 AM AKDT (15:56 UTC), 101 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 52 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-21 15:56:53 UTC
- Depth
- 101.4 km (63.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.357° N, 153.487° 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
- 34
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 192 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.155 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 99 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.447 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 161 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 87 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.754 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 93 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 96 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.965 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 133 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.956 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 101 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.144 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 135 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.871 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 112 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.951 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 108 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 93 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.915 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.757 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 104 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.524 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.860 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 109 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 99 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.166 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 114 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.822 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.945 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 80 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.365 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 113 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.738 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 136 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.661 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 114 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.882 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3632 days ago · 113 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.765 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 111 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.455 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 102 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.055 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 110 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.658 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 110 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.172 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 115 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 104 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.189 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 111 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.064 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 115 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.557 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 92 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.640 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 116 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.081 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 109 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.445 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 79 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.826 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 150 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.959 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.653 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 86 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.687 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.648 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 78 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.279 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.969 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 84 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 88 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 92 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.627 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 125 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.562 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 112 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.353 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 76 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.634 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 134 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.849 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 150 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.965 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 134 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 102 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.955 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 120 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.057 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 114 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.135 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 126 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.349 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 120 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.351 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 128 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.248 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 119 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.071 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 69 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.080 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.629 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 72 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.131 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 129 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.969 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 119 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.792 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.549 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 107 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.941 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 78 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.449 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 95 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.453 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 105 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.528 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 85 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.245 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 68 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 105 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.058 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 101 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.968 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 120 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.822 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 88 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 102 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.694 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
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