M1.8 earthquake 43 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 43 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Fri, Sep 2, 2016, 6:23 AM AKDT (14:23 UTC), 87 km (54 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
- 2016-09-02 14:23:44 UTC
- Depth
- 87.2 km (54.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.722° N, 152.606° 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
- 68
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
- 3.259 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 117 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.558 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 104 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.556 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 122 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.840 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 139 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.734 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 69 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.553 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 81 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.351 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 106 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 85 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.743 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 121 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 113 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.565 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 118 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.59 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 61 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 1.539 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 115 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.960 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 100 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.911 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 58 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.158 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 105 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.631 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 140 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.655 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 80 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.237 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 70 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.560 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 94 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.661 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 108 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.623 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 74 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.773 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 117 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.572 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 139 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.230 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 82 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.562 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.060 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 83 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.859 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 107 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.254 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 104 km deep · 30 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 105 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.949 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.550 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 80 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 103 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.673 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 136 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.150 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 105 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.762 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 107 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 116 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.665 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 119 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 136 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.872 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 133 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.649 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 135 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 80 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.035 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 78 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.614 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 59 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.718 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 148 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.167 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 112 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.759 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 136 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 111 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.059 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 102 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.149 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 152 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.158 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 112 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 96 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 118 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.748 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 122 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.767 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 98 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.862 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 99 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 1.750 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 97 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.542 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 78 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.972 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.971 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 126 km deep · 56 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.650 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 90 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.860 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 109 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.048 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 93 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 95 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.938 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 123 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.660 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 105 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.759 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 104 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 105 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.531 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.543 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 134 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.969 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 118 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.146 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 88 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 100 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.164 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 103 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.624 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 75 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.571 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 124 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.676 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 136 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.634 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 125 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 114 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.254 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 90 km deep · 53 km away
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