M1.7 earthquake 63 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 63 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska on Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 7:53 PM AKST (04:53 UTC), 105 km (65 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-15 04:53:18 UTC
- Depth
- 104.9 km (65.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.798° N, 152.973° 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
- 52
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
- 1.748 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 127 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.850 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 143 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.666 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 114 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.670 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 92 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.869 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 133 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.464 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 105 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.726 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 127 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.657 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 82 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.847 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 131 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.773 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 121 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.545 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 104 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.957 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 117 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.562 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 95 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.660 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 96 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.523 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 74 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 111 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.142 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 115 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.542 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 105 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.052 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 88 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 94 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.654 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.853 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 98 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 68 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.945 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 163 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 114 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 97 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.719 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 163 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 104 · tsunami flag
- 1.630 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 65 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.057 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 104 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1747 days ago · 123 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.543 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 77 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1747 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 101 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.254 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 103 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.957 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 98 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.862 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 145 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 103 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.875 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 169 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.556 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 95 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1746 days ago · 103 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1746 days ago · 77 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1745 days ago · 107 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 93 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.548 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 84 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.640 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 72 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.762 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 137 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 117 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 118 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.663 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 100 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.666 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 119 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.936 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 79 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.763 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 98 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.957 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 141 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.758 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 94 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.847 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 80 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.848 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 84 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.958 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 151 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1,888 · tsunami flag
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.719 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.649 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 84 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.047 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 96 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.062 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 142 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.931 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 61 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.627 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 85 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.658 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 94 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 101 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.742 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.042 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 113 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.735 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 71 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.239 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 132 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.729 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 86 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.915 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.59 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.739 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 88 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.846 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 117 km deep · 18 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021g1998sn. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:51 PM UTC.