M1.5 earthquake 65 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 65 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska on Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 4:29 PM AKST (01:29 UTC), 105 km (65 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-28 01:29:46 UTC
- Depth
- 105.3 km (65.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.978° N, 153.003° 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
- 38
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
- 1.568 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 117 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.532 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 74 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.037 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 131 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.852 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 90 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.417 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
- 1.640 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 74 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.652 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 83 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.041 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 82 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 68 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.239 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.947 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 143 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.762 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 99 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.637 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 89 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.244 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 123 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.761 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 102 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.638 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 127 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.071 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 136 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.648 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 107 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.658 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 100 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.539 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.128 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.562 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 142 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.666 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 96 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.669 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 133 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 122 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.461 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 112 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.561 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 104 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.747 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 119 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.751 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 140 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.533 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 84 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.658 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 148 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 76 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.59 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 79 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 86 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 106 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.841 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 136 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1732 days ago · 112 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.053 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 94 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.732 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 136 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.931 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.243 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 136 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.530 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 129 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.759 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 95 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.933 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 126 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.669 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 90 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.666 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 109 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.944 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 84 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.534 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 127 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.156 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 124 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.943 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 80 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 84 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.663 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 105 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.866 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 118 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.449 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 151 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 86 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.134 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 137 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.710 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.929 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.654 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 88 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.953 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 82 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.668 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 102 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.541 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 77 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.51 km SSW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.620 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.637 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.856 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 106 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.67 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.553 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 81 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.939 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 86 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.743 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 128 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 101 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.340 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 88 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 118 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 69 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.950 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 119 km deep · 93 km away
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