M1.5 earthquake 53 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 53 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska on Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 11:14 PM AKST (08:14 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 14 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-12 08:14:44 UTC
- Depth
- 105.8 km (65.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.710° N, 153.160° 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
- 43
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
- 1.834 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 89 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.834 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 76 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 91 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.661 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 93 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.812 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.655 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 97 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.955 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 142 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.448 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 78 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3493 days ago · 101 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.517 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.528 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 74 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.766 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 107 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 95 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.943 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 125 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.334 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 74 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.861 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 100 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.053 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 102 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.969 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 102 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.872 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 122 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.769 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 115 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.961 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 98 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.964 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 113 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.932 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 134 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.826 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 69 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.162 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 104 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.020 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.973 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 131 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 85 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 92 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.636 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.87 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.042 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 140 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.946 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 113 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.125 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.978 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 139 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.052 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 102 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.960 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 105 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.968 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 114 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.240 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 170 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.044 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 121 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.454 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 147 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.458 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 103 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.363 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 106 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.168 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 122 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.877 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.958 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 94 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.151 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 154 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.024 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.350 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 84 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.971 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 100 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.051 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 134 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.53 km NNE of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 119 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.056 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 107 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.764 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 95 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.758 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 93 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 104 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.953 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 126 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.865 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 105 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.053 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 110 km deep · 2 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.548 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 124 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.655 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 90 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 96 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.665 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 99 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.552 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 74 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.048 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 124 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.746 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 106 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.261 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 117 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3495 days ago · 94 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 115 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 108 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 76 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.839 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 129 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.826 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.656 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 100 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 110 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.020 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.650 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 91 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.952 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 87 km deep · 23 km away
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