M1.6 earthquake 43 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 43 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska on Sun, Dec 11, 2016, 3:37 AM AKST (12:37 UTC), 115 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 52 km NE 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-11 12:37:53 UTC
- Depth
- 114.5 km (71.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.638° N, 153.391° 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
- 18
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.515 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.740 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 122 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 110 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.758 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 101 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 73 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.423 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 85 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 82 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 100 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.763 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.747 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 124 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.786 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.937 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.552 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 108 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 128 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.961 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 129 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.150 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 103 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.073 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 117 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.643 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 91 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 99 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.532 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 92 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.246 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 69 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 103 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.967 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 90 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.055 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 104 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.461 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 108 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.858 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 100 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.755 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 97 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.668 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 69 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.716 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.658 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 82 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3581 days ago · 96 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.165 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 123 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.670 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 93 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.657 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 130 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 100 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 100 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.947 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 124 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.060 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.034 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 123 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.926 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.857 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 70 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 103 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.449 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 123 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 3579 days ago · 120 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.863 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 128 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.760 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 109 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.954 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 84 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.834 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 133 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.567 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 92 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.855 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 125 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.244 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 129 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.567 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 136 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.837 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.357 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 108 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 102 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.694 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.833 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.832 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 89 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.743 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 130 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.654 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 127 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.668 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 83 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.745 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 117 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.661 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 104 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.738 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 75 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3586 days ago · 75 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 106 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 100 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.54 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 3586 days ago · 108 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.642 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 88 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.036 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 133 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.156 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 107 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.767 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 107 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.743 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 104 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.732 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 68 km deep · 58 km away
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