M2.3 earthquake 39 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 39 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Thu, Jun 20, 1996, 1:55 AM AKDT (09:55 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 47 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-06-20 09:55:06 UTC
- Depth
- 86.5 km (53.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.760° N, 152.528° 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
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.125 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 11064 days ago · 84 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.218 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 11064 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.246 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11064 days ago · 87 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.459 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 11064 days ago · 96 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.552 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11063 days ago · 100 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.938 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 11063 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.056 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11063 days ago · 97 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.671 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11061 days ago · 133 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.853 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11061 days ago · 89 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.049 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11061 days ago · 126 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.254 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 11060 days ago · 99 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.829 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 11059 days ago · 77 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.610 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 11059 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.967 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 11059 days ago · 104 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11059 days ago · 56 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.531 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 11059 days ago · 83 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.651 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 11058 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.862 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11058 days ago · 132 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 11058 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.634 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11057 days ago · 125 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.037 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11057 days ago · 95 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.624 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11057 days ago · 155 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.824 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 11057 days ago · 81 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.242 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 117 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.047 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 85 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.441 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 160 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.142 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 11054 days ago · 70 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.155 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11053 days ago · 126 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.214 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 11053 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.837 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11053 days ago · 131 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.04 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11051 days ago · 70 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.256 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11051 days ago · 106 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.927 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 11049 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.760 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 11049 days ago · 107 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.657 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 11048 days ago · 90 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.566 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 11047 days ago · 109 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.37 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11047 days ago · 77 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.777 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11047 days ago · 137 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.941 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11047 days ago · 141 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.755 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 11046 days ago · 86 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.714 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 11045 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.431 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11044 days ago · 86 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.837 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11043 days ago · 136 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.146 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11041 days ago · 88 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.154 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11040 days ago · 91 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.435 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 11040 days ago · 77 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.260 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11039 days ago · 161 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.743 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11038 days ago · 147 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.947 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11037 days ago · 179 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.836 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11037 days ago · 95 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.15 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11036 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.139 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11036 days ago · 150 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.650 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11036 days ago · 137 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.736 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11035 days ago · 156 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.760 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 11035 days ago · 106 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.558 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11035 days ago · 95 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.754 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11035 days ago · 84 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.447 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11034 days ago · 146 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.110 km WNW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 11034 days ago · 52 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.947 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11033 days ago · 169 km deep · 78 km away
The first 60 of 127.
Before
- 1.667 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 104 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.237 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 11066 days ago · 89 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.228 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11067 days ago · 133 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.353 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 149 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.462 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 98 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.125 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11069 days ago · 56 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.734 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11070 days ago · 116 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.048 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11070 days ago · 84 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.352 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11070 days ago · 104 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.040 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11070 days ago · 92 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.148 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11070 days ago · 89 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.674 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11071 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.063 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 11071 days ago · 110 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.453 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11072 days ago · 137 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.86 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 11073 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.6Southern Alaska · 11075 days ago · 133 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.635 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11075 days ago · 87 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.348 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 11075 days ago · 93 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.456 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 11078 days ago · 99 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.450 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11078 days ago · 171 km deep · 86 km away
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