M1.8 earthquake 60 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 60 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Thu, Jul 21, 2016, 12:20 AM AKDT (08:20 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 54 km E 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
- 2016-07-21 08:20:27 UTC
- Depth
- 108.3 km (67.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.806° N, 152.904° 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
- 37
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
- 2.063 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 99 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 92 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.734 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 77 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.159 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 100 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 94 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.540 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 164 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 2.143 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 143 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.3Southern Alaska · 3727 days ago · 81 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3727 days ago · 84 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.053 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 103 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 92 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.724 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 91 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.765 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 115 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.141 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 84 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3726 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.649 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 113 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.553 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 117 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.453 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 119 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.022 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.860 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 122 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 95 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.056 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 103 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.824 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 68 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.060 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 126 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.944 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 137 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.848 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 98 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.967 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 119 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 102 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.712 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 85 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.461 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 101 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.244 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 111 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.528 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 77 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.049 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 120 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3724 days ago · 104 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.515 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 62 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.962 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 102 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.464 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 101 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.143 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 143 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 110 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.960 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 109 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.838 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 99 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.055 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 102 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 1.612 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 66 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.046 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 110 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.147 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 100 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.122 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 67 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 105 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 100 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.950 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 110 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.853 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.251 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 106 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 106 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 109 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 108 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.153 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 93 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.642 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.532 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 84 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.943 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 96 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.255 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 97 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 81 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 99 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.555 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 100 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.433 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 75 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.739 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 121 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 106 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.962 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 144 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.830 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 84 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.945 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 102 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.660 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 139 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.952 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 130 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.238 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 73 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.154 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 87 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.644 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 113 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.242 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 141 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.928 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 85 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.535 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 169 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.963 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 118 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.948 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 113 km deep · 56 km away
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