M1.9 earthquake 57 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 57 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 8:07 AM AKDT (16:07 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 52 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2016-10-16 16:07:50 UTC
- Depth
- 88.2 km (54.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.633° N, 152.809° 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
- 2.565 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 130 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.961 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 109 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.613 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 57 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.163 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 112 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.053 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 106 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.637 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 73 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.836 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.762 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 97 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.723 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 112 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 102 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 88 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.822 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.936 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.716 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.649 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.058 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 101 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 105 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.27 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.245 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 68 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.528 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 85 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.453 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 105 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.449 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 95 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.941 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 78 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.549 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 107 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.769 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 124 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.969 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 119 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.131 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 129 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.629 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 72 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.963 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 156 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.080 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.776 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 106 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.071 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.155 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 99 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.447 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 161 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.850 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 97 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 87 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.754 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 93 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 96 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.965 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 133 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.956 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 101 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.144 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 135 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.871 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 112 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.951 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 108 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.714 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 93 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.915 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.757 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 104 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.524 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 71 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.860 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 109 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.358 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 106 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.170 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 114 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 99 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.822 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.945 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 80 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.365 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 113 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.738 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 136 km deep · 47 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.957 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 102 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 105 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.91 km SW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.757 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 98 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.742 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 97 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.876 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.633 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 72 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.362 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 118 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.27 km N of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 51 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.868 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 126 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.555 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 93 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.036 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 157 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 105 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 115 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 103 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.958 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 98 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.741 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 119 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.215 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.04 km NE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 14 · tsunami flag
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3642 days ago · 104 km deep · 23 km away
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