M1.9 earthquake 20 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 20 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sun, Apr 17, 2016, 4:23 PM AKDT (00:23 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 56 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-18 00:23:01 UTC
- Depth
- 69.2 km (43.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.760° N, 152.189° 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
- 57
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
- 1.569 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 134 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.639 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 82 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.758 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 100 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.557 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 120 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.556 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 106 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.960 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 104 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.972 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 130 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.757 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 92 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.96 km SW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 59 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.544 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 138 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.645 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 160 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.620 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 69 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.544 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 110 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 100 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 106 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.552 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 106 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.556 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 102 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.961 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 111 km deep · 53 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.640 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 76 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.53 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 64 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.032 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 72 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.957 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 99 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.860 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 103 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.245 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 119 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 71 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.856 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 122 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.850 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 114 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.057 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 99 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.817 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 74 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.176 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 126 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.668 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 84 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.250 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 109 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.220 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.551 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 103 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.554 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 131 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.745 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 112 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.750 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 148 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.933 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 123 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.547 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.651 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 103 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.954 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 102 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.565 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 111 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.537 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 133 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 90 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.05 km N of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 59 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.670 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.645 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 117 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 92 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.539 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 148 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.850 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 108 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 107 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 89 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.463 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 89 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.945 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 80 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.446 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 131 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.559 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 105 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.653 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.931 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.863 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 95 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.555 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 92 km deep · 35 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 3.557 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 104 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.744 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 112 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.759 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 100 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.631 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 120 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.559 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 102 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.872 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.633 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 88 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.821 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.138 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.070 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 122 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3823 days ago · 104 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 102 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.863 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 111 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.952 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 105 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 104 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.734 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 119 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.640 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 158 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.922 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 70 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.010 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.674 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 112 km deep · 65 km away
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