M1.9 earthquake 24 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 24 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Tue, Aug 9, 2016, 10:27 PM AKDT (06:27 UTC), 68 km (43 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-10 06:27:33 UTC
- Depth
- 68.4 km (42.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.716° N, 152.254° 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
- 60
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
- 1.810 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 62 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.766 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 98 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.736 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 82 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.945 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 93 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.660 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 104 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.250 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 155 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.644 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 95 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.556 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 99 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.641 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 114 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.726 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.549 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 109 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.559 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 100 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.144 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 111 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 17 · tsunami flag
- 1.642 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 78 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.655 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 99 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.644 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 127 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.658 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 103 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.167 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 131 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.724 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 67 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.754 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 108 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.856 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 104 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.727 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 84 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.045 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 88 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 1.627 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 72 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.242 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 118 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.260 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 103 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.620 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 115 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.061 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 114 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.741 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 91 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.661 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 100 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.543 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 101 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.261 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 89 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.658 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 106 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.645 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 103 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 101 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.547 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 110 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.059 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 102 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 90 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 80 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.960 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 100 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.957 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 102 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.052 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 82 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.641 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 131 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.837 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 126 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.950 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 112 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.956 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 107 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.524 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 108 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.627 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 79 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.030 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 66 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.041 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 138 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.867 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 126 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.061 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 87 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3701 days ago · 127 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.729 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 68 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.463 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 111 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.260 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 102 km deep · 45 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 3.454 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 125 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.564 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 107 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.554 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 128 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.959 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 97 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.532 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 79 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.651 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 113 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.756 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 114 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.761 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 118 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 121 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 87 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.043 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 133 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.160 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 104 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 95 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.944 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 59 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.670 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 104 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.255 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 103 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.955 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 98 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 101 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.564 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
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