M1.6 earthquake 62 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 62 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska on Sat, Jan 2, 2021, 8:33 AM AKST (17:33 UTC), 94 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 21 km SSE of Port Graham, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-02 17:33:04 UTC
- Depth
- 94.2 km (58.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.583° N, 153.064° 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
- 29
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
- 1.859 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 94 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.675 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 110 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.048 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 121 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.637 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 115 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.142 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 112 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.659 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 129 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.856 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 141 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.265 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 115 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.646 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 90 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.66 km S of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 108 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 111 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.047 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 159 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.047 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 77 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 95 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.653 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 142 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.955 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 100 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.971 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 126 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.638 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 93 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.847 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 118 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.967 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 110 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 96 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.973 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 124 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.959 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 108 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.958 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.059 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 94 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.936 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 136 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.973 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 124 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.561 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 94 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.764 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 127 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.923 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 63 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.58 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.67 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.942 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 163 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.975 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 84 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.822 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 75 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.9Southern Alaska · 2090 days ago · 108 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.886 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.929 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 92 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.650 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 93 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.960 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 100 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 93 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.751 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 90 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.162 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 144 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.540 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 82 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.942 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 147 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.451 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 128 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.661 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 107 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.04 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.941 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 135 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.028 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 174 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 99 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.367 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 126 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.852 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 90 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.739 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 81 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 88 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 75 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.860 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 132 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.058 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 97 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 94 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.052 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 119 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.920 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.8Southern Alaska · 2094 days ago · 178 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 103 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.850 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 104 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.564 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 89 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.751 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 120 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 95 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.833 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 137 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.644 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 118 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.548 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 71 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.672 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 117 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.659 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 99 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.770 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 122 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 99 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.046 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 96 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.950 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 87 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.416 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 160 km deep · 56 km away
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