M1.8 earthquake 62 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 62 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska on Sun, Jan 1, 2017, 1:01 AM AKST (10:01 UTC), 93 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 48 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-01 10:01:29 UTC
- Depth
- 92.7 km (57.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.440° N, 153.239° 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
- 13
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
- 1.654 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 103 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.894 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.791 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.994 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.423 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.691 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 89 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.854 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.555 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 83 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.739 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 131 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.760 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 107 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 106 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.585 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 76 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 81 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.264 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 80 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 106 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.094 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.258 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 74 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.594 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.945 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 97 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.544 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 66 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.079 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.045 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 73 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.756 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 118 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.561 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 105 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.540 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 117 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.661 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 132 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.85 km S of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.544 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 81 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.068 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 127 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 95 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.534 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.569 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 96 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.258 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 100 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.590 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.844 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 170 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.271 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.542 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 130 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.252 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 159 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
- 1.748 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 99 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.047 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 109 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.853 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 126 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 102 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.662 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 99 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3559 days ago · 81 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3559 days ago · 131 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.762 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 104 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.825 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 91 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.838 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 126 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.7Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.763 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 93 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.271 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 123 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.661 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 100 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.642 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 96 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.640 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.56 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.971 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 90 km deep · 21 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.493 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.694 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.893 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 104 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.593 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.043 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 170 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.757 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 109 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.691 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.028 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 77 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.694 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.887 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.684 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.011 km ESE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 178 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.791 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.154 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.162 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 106 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.846 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 64 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.792 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.764 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 97 km deep · 12 km away
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