M1.6 earthquake 35 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 35 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Fri, Sep 30, 2016, 3:26 PM AKDT (23:26 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 56 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-30 23:26:22 UTC
- Depth
- 74.0 km (46.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.889° N, 152.419° 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
- 44
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
- 1.970 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 128 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.613 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 76 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.836 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 118 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.640 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 73 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.358 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 107 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.043 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 107 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.827 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.845 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 71 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.031 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 83 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 112 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.558 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 103 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.324 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 137 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.167 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 128 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.520 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 76 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.056 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 101 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.758 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 104 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.414 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.23 km S of Kasilof, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 64 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 2.211 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.960 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 112 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.826 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 78 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.755 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 111 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.016 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 99 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.153 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 119 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.811 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.860 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 90 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 103 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.743 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 112 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 118 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.761 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 107 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.442 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 137 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.830 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 142 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.555 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 103 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.769 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 124 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.249 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 118 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.644 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 81 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.912 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 107 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.831 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 149 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.031 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 136 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.845 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 160 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.941 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 90 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.822 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.879 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 125 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.839 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 76 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 101 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.514 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 86 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.067 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 136 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.740 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 84 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.961 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 132 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.731 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 57 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3647 days ago · 91 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.845 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 176 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.857 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 101 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.538 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 88 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 115 km deep · 45 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.946 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 78 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.233 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 54 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.144 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 115 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.547 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 84 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.053 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 83 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 114 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.660 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 103 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.538 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 74 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.846 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 71 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.939 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 134 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.456 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 90 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.856 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 91 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.961 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 108 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.233 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 135 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.672 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 130 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.56 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 70 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.060 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 120 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.549 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 78 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.446 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 111 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.149 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 78 km deep · 25 km away
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