M1.9 earthquake 20 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 20 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 2:44 PM AKDT (22:44 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 72 km ENE of Pedro Bay, 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
- 2016-04-30 22:44:27 UTC
- Depth
- 79.8 km (49.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.905° N, 152.101° 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
- 28
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
- 2.160 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 115 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.629 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 74 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.961 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 104 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 100 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.877 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 128 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.928 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 54 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.659 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 98 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.128 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.849 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 112 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.165 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 163 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.862 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 70 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.640 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.56 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 55 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.910 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.75 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 59 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.772 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 130 km deep · 55 km away · tsunami flag
- 3.46 km NE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 56 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4
- 1.648 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 108 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.857 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.160 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 99 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 3.160 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 104 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.939 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 99 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.948 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 129 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3808 days ago · 122 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3808 days ago · 131 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.759 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 104 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.721 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 84 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.27 km WSW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 60 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.667 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 116 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 99 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.317 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 51 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.849 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 112 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.615 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 87 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.451 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 107 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.963 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 122 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.629 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 69 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.672 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 129 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 98 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.560 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 108 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.733 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.635 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.743 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 76 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.840 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 83 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.029 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 128 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.755 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 97 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.852 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 83 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 3806 days ago · 97 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.846 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 129 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.659 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 95 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.745 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 108 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.716 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 58 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.547 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 82 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 114 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 94 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.455 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 83 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.852 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 99 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 94 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.971 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 111 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.940 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 116 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.715 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.627 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.256 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 106 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 103 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.112 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 80 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.421 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 83 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.152 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 108 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.165 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 104 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.915 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.651 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 104 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.641 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 89 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.871 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 119 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.861 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 103 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.561 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 101 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.738 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 123 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.650 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 85 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 69 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 58 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.046 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 113 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 102 km deep · 50 km away
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