M1.9 earthquake 49 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 49 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska on Thu, Dec 9, 2021, 12:06 AM AKST (09:06 UTC), 120 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 58 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-09 09:06:54 UTC
- Depth
- 119.8 km (74.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.961° N, 153.298° 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
- 64
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.929 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 73 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.848 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 88 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 106 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.517 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.634 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.544 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 120 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.566 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 83 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.160 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 131 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.622 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.466 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 104 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.159 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 95 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.956 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 103 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.462 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 114 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1754 days ago · 102 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 108 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.871 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 93 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.323 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 91 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.057 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 121 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.754 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 88 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.937 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 79 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.041 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 118 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.761 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 87 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.938 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 113 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.070 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 113 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.853 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 105 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 96 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.70 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 80 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1752 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.335 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.970 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 139 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.976 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 132 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.767 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 112 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.266 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.917 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.968 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 95 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.920 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.950 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 90 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.846 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 117 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.739 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 88 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.59 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.729 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 86 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.239 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 132 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.735 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.042 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 113 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 101 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.658 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 94 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.627 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 85 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.931 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.062 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 142 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 96 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 84 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.763 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 105 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.748 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 127 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.850 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 143 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.666 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 114 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 92 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.956 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 141 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.744 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 132 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.147 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 90 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.723 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.673 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 128 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 74 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.876 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.652 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 98 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.658 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 99 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.751 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 114 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.659 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 125 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.222 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.881 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 137 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.558 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 107 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.965 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 132 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.554 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 114 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.444 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 121 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.250 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 120 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.847 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 95 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
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