Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 48 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 48 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska on Tue, Feb 9, 2021, 5:06 AM AKST (14:06 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 41 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-09 14:06:37 UTC
Depth
113.2 km (70.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
59.669° N, 153.278° 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
22

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. 1.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 101 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 1.751 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 115 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.1Southern Alaska · 2057 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 1.673 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 133 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.854 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 72 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 1.970 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 122 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 102 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 1.667 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 105 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 1.831 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 70 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.615 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 74 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.538 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 141 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 1.657 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 75 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 2.164 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 92 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 1.867 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 120 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 1.69 km NW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.61 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.144 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 128 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 1.860 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 93 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 2.263 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 96 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 1.829 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 1.959 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 112 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 1.818 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 2.125 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 77 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 2.072 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 2.670 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 138 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 1.945 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 2.316 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 1.969 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 64 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 1.866 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 125 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 1.858 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 102 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 1.742 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 101 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 2.371 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 1.521 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 2.052 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 85 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 1.671 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 111 km deep · 52 km away
  36. 2.156 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 114 km deep · 30 km away
  37. 1.666 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 112 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 1.862 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 101 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 1.624 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 68 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 2.263 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 113 km deep · 39 km away
  41. 1.860 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 112 km deep · 34 km away
  42. 1.755 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 104 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 1.866 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 111 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 1.955 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 94 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 1.650 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 1.767 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 102 km deep · 28 km away
  47. 1.961 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 92 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 100 km deep · 22 km away
  49. 1.667 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 117 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 1.527 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 110 km deep · 9 km away
  52. 2.041 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 71 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 2.540 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 77 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 1.664 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 101 km deep · 16 km away
  55. 1.535 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
  56. 1.859 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 104 km deep · 28 km away
  57. 1.565 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 97 km deep · 36 km away
  58. 2.159 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 110 km deep · 35 km away
  59. 1.643 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 74 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 1.641 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 111 km deep · 13 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.954 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 100 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.644 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 79 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 3.456 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 106 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 11
  4. 1.559 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 97 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.641 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 133 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 1.736 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 131 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 98 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 1.655 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 85 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 1.545 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 120 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.351 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 159 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 1.956 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 107 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 1.646 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 103 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 126 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 1.666 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 103 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.941 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 132 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.825 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.060 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 96 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.565 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 102 km deep · 17 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0211udvbie. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:15 AM UTC.