Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 9 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 9 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sun, Jun 19, 2016, 9:22 AM AKDT (17:22 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 44 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
2016-06-19 17:22:03 UTC
Depth
52.5 km (32.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.857° N, 151.861° 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
25

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

After

  1. 1.639 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.961 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 115 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.539 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 77 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 2.68 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.39 km NE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 38 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 1.862 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 99 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.516 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 80 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 1.569 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 113 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.557 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 107 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 99 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.558 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 108 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.857 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 128 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.448 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 91 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.855 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 99 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 1.553 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 100 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.550 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.250 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 146 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.041 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 129 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 1.643 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 122 km deep · 82 km away
  21. 1.66 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 2.460 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 119 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 1.958 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 93 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 2.045 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 107 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 2.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 106 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 1.757 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 90 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 2.014 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 2.361 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 99 km deep · 64 km away
  29. 1.648 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 87 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 2.041 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 93 km deep · 37 km away
  31. 1.648 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 93 km deep · 73 km away
  32. 1.547 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 103 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 1.647 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 97 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 97 km deep · 49 km away
  35. 1.710 km ENE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  36. 2.668 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 110 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 1.6Southern Alaska · 3755 days ago · 93 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 1.747 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 97 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 2.341 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 114 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 1.835 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 143 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 3.565 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 107 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 2.041 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 80 km deep · 54 km away
  43. 1.537 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3754 days ago · 95 km deep · 37 km away
  44. 1.757 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3754 days ago · 100 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 1.656 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3754 days ago · 95 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3754 days ago · 96 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 1.568 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3754 days ago · 92 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 1.567 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3754 days ago · 104 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 1.715 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3754 days ago · 62 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 1.641 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3754 days ago · 127 km deep · 84 km away
  51. 1.648 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3754 days ago · 82 km deep · 49 km away
  52. 1.6Southern Alaska · 3754 days ago · 131 km deep · 74 km away
  53. 1.558 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3753 days ago · 103 km deep · 69 km away
  54. 1.68 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3753 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 2.034 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3753 days ago · 76 km deep · 51 km away
  56. 1.552 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 1.547 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 86 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 1.550 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 77 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 1.854 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 101 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 1.549 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 119 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.530 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 3.045 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 80 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.264 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 112 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.931 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 63 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 1.652 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 87 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 1.567 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 103 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.766 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 120 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.145 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 88 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.79 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.633 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 1.753 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 90 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 1.843 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 95 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 1.859 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 109 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.953 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 96 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.865 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 94 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.76 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 67 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 1.762 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 129 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.649 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 107 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.648 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 131 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 98 km deep · 66 km away

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