M1.9 earthquake 58 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 58 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska on Mon, Dec 26, 2016, 8:17 AM AKST (17:17 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 52 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-26 17:17:02 UTC
- Depth
- 104.8 km (65.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.665° N, 153.097° 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
- 50
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
- 1.635 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 85 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.066 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 102 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.72 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.240 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 123 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 3568 days ago · 75 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.348 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 84 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3568 days ago · 85 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.055 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 91 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 104 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.061 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 110 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 93 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 98 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.633 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 70 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.836 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 80 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 105 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 111 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.048 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 127 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.463 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 94 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.843 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 117 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 100 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.541 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 79 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.130 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.857 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 136 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.857 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 100 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.052 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 150 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 108 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.761 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 99 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.969 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 135 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.050 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 97 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 115 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.539 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 83 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.539 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 69 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.649 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 78 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.975 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 130 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 87 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.461 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 109 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.593 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.889 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.564 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 116 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.764 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 97 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.792 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.010 km SSE of Homer, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.846 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.162 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 106 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.154 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 83 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.791 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.011 km ESE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 178 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.684 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.887 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.694 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.028 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 77 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.691 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.757 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 109 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.043 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 170 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.593 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 104 km deep · 24 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.168 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 128 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.148 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 107 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.973 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 84 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.256 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 139 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.051 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 128 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.528 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 89 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.744 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 77 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.359 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 102 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 77 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.256 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 95 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
- 1.863 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 118 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.914 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 81 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.352 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 103 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 99 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.859 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 106 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.017 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 61 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.3Southern Alaska · 3573 days ago · 212 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
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