M1.7 earthquake 64 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 64 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska on Tue, Jan 5, 2021, 5:49 PM AKST (02:49 UTC), 127 km (79 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 55 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-06 02:49:40 UTC
- Depth
- 127.1 km (79.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.121° N, 153.157° 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
- 30
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
- 1.58 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.633 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.942 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 163 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.644 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 92 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.822 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 75 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.9Southern Alaska · 2090 days ago · 108 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 92 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.017 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.650 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 93 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.960 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 100 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 93 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.751 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 90 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.162 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 144 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.540 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 82 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.942 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 147 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.451 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 128 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.661 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 107 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.941 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 135 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.028 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 174 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 99 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.367 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 126 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.331 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.852 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 90 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.739 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 81 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 88 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.860 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 132 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 118 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 112 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.247 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.059 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 104 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.12 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.055 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 135 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.144 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 118 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.137 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 176 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 106 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.320 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 156 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 2086 days ago · 103 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.223 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.927 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 78 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.861 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.865 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2086 days ago · 135 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.447 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 2.351 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 90 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.331 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.245 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 139 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 87 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.730 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.621 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 147 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.977 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 122 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 100 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.022 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.951 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 104 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.948 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 159 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.040 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 142 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 97 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.551 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 115 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.88 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.97 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 58 km deep · 75 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.631 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 85 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.561 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 94 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.973 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 124 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.936 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 136 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.059 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 94 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.959 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 108 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.973 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 124 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 96 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.967 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 110 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.847 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 118 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.638 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 93 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.971 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 126 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.955 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 100 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.653 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 142 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 95 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 86 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.047 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 159 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 111 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 108 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.646 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 90 km deep · 36 km away
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