M2.0 earthquake 40 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 40 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska on Wed, Dec 22, 2021, 11:50 PM AKST (08:50 UTC), 121 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 48 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-23 08:50:49 UTC
- Depth
- 121.1 km (75.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.802° N, 153.393° 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
- 41
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.553 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 82 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.259 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 103 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.052 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 90 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.650 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 119 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.851 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 78 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.517 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.434 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 92 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 94 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 95 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.826 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 86 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.734 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 134 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 88 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.145 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 85 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.156 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 150 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 93 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.563 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 153 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.841 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 117 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.055 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 101 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.648 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 118 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1744 days ago · 148 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.354 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 106 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.566 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 90 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 105 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.655 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 99 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.164 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 110 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.950 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 119 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 118 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.340 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 88 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 101 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.743 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 128 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 86 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.553 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 81 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.67 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.856 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 106 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.637 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.620 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 69 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.51 km SSW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.541 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 77 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.668 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 102 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.953 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 82 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.654 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 88 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.565 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 105 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 117 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.771 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 103 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.037 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 131 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.852 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 90 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.417 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 1.640 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 74 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.652 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 83 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.041 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.239 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.947 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 143 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.762 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 99 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.770 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 99 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.637 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 89 km deep · 89 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.560 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 102 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 101 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.551 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 83 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1746 days ago · 175 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.556 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 102 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.577 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 141 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.848 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 153 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.940 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 196 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.133 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1747 days ago · 89 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 110 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.634 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.748 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 126 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.957 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 151 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.958 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 151 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1,888 · tsunami flag
- 2.067 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.847 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 80 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.758 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 94 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.957 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 141 km deep · 45 km away
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