M1.8 earthquake 52 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 52 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Wed, May 4, 2016, 4:02 PM AKDT (00:02 UTC), 83 km (52 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 39 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-05-05 00:02:22 UTC
- Depth
- 83.2 km (51.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.879° N, 152.742° 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
- 26
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
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 3805 days ago · 97 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.846 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 129 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.659 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 95 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.745 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 108 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.716 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 58 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.547 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 82 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 114 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 94 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.455 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 83 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.852 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 99 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 94 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.971 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 111 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.940 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 116 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 103 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.640 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 77 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 101 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.964 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 99 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.056 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 83 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.569 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 138 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.754 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 91 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.540 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 94 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 107 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.162 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 141 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.564 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 95 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.959 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 103 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 97 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.772 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 116 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 99 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 84 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.652 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 105 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.671 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 118 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.641 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 70 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.336 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 129 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.163 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 99 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 96 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.661 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 96 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.45 km NNW of Kachemak, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.247 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 119 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.637 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 131 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.555 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 91 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.642 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.565 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 100 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.545 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 70 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 89 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 93 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.565 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 95 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.865 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 111 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 97 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.541 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 76 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.758 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 100 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.660 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 96 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.010 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.060 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 97 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.666 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 109 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.057 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 105 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.527 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 101 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 101 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.554 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 96 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.547 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 121 km deep · 30 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.755 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 97 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.029 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 128 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.840 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 83 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.743 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 76 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.635 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.733 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 76 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.560 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 108 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 98 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.672 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 129 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.629 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 69 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.963 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 122 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.451 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 107 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 87 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.615 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.849 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 112 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.317 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 99 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.667 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 116 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.27 km WSW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.759 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 104 km deep · 64 km away
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