Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 46 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 46 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska on Thu, Aug 29, 2024, 2:00 AM AKDT (10:00 UTC), 115 km (72 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 41 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-08-29 10:00:29 UTC
Depth
115.2 km (71.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
59.861° N, 153.292° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
46

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.538 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 765 days ago · 119 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 2.172 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 765 days ago · 116 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 3.165 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 765 days ago · 104 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 1.841 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 765 days ago · 156 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 1.537 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 765 days ago · 74 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.864 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 764 days ago · 130 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.68 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 764 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.562 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 764 days ago · 109 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 1.855 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 764 days ago · 145 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 1.848 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 764 days ago · 85 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.155 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 764 days ago · 131 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 1.57 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 764 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.518 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 764 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 1.711 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 764 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.649 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 764 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.771 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 764 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.547 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 764 days ago · 96 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 2.026 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 763 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 1.529 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 763 days ago · 85 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.56 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 762 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.960 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 762 days ago · 132 km deep · 28 km away
  22. 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 762 days ago · 102 km deep · 17 km away
  23. 1.549 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 762 days ago · 122 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 1.832 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 761 days ago · 74 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 1.944 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 761 days ago · 81 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 1.648 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 761 days ago · 169 km deep · 51 km away
  27. 1.564 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 761 days ago · 97 km deep · 33 km away
  28. 2.175 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 761 days ago · 149 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 2.040 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 761 days ago · 94 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 2.04 km SW of Homer, Alaska · 761 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 1.868 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 760 days ago · 102 km deep · 32 km away
  32. 1.643 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 760 days ago · 142 km deep · 20 km away
  33. 1.778 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 759 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 1.551 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 759 days ago · 85 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 2.44 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 759 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 1.943 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 759 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 1.946 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 759 days ago · 97 km deep · 37 km away
  38. 2.154 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 759 days ago · 106 km deep · 28 km away
  39. 2.154 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 759 days ago · 84 km deep · 44 km away
  40. 2.140 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 759 days ago · 132 km deep · 6 km away
  41. 1.828 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 758 days ago · 83 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 1.863 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 758 days ago · 106 km deep · 24 km away
  43. 1.866 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 758 days ago · 101 km deep · 69 km away
  44. 2.062 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 758 days ago · 125 km deep · 37 km away
  45. 2.744 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 758 days ago · 158 km deep · 30 km away
  46. 1.758 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 758 days ago · 93 km deep · 33 km away
  47. 1.710 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 758 days ago · 67 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 1.737 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 758 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 1.854 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 757 days ago · 85 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 757 days ago · 91 km deep · 51 km away
  51. 1.863 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 757 days ago · 108 km deep · 20 km away
  52. 1.538 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 757 days ago · 70 km deep · 45 km away
  53. 1.651 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 757 days ago · 81 km deep · 32 km away
  54. 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 757 days ago · 86 km deep · 40 km away
  55. 1.761 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 757 days ago · 94 km deep · 32 km away
  56. 1.963 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 757 days ago · 125 km deep · 27 km away
  57. 2.637 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 757 days ago · 131 km deep · 9 km away
  58. 2.23 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 757 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 1.744 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 757 days ago · 109 km deep · 20 km away
  60. 2.155 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 757 days ago · 121 km deep · 10 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.574 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 766 days ago · 118 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 1.562 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 766 days ago · 129 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 1.663 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 766 days ago · 111 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 1.541 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 766 days ago · 80 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.756 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 766 days ago · 107 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 1.557 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 766 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.743 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 766 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.538 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 766 days ago · 89 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 1.513 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 766 days ago · 80 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.761 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 766 days ago · 100 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 1.663 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 766 days ago · 90 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.059 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 766 days ago · 83 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 3.243 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 767 days ago · 100 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.964 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 767 days ago · 105 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 2.058 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 767 days ago · 103 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 1.669 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 767 days ago · 84 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 767 days ago · 116 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 1.564 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 768 days ago · 85 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.657 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 768 days ago · 101 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 1.628 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 768 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away

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