M1.6 earthquake 53 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 53 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Wed, Oct 26, 2016, 4:20 AM AKDT (12:20 UTC), 86 km (53 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 52 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
- 2016-10-26 12:20:08 UTC
- Depth
- 85.5 km (53.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.779° N, 152.779° 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
- 36
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
- 1.978 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 164 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.558 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.648 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 78 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.970 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 116 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.969 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 84 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 88 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 92 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.627 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 125 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.16 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 49 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.562 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 112 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.353 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.634 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 134 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.849 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 150 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.965 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 134 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 102 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.955 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 120 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.057 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 114 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.135 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 126 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.349 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 120 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.351 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 128 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.248 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 119 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 2.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 104 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.128 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 135 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.044 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 115 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.739 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 108 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.163 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 99 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 3626 days ago · 92 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.921 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 71 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.967 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 111 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.954 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 92 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.036 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 48 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.156 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 134 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.657 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 119 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.347 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 108 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.387 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.58 km NW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.137 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 83 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.547 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 168 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.722 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.132 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.869 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3623 days ago · 133 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.763 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3623 days ago · 100 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.647 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3623 days ago · 94 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.517 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3623 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.068 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3623 days ago · 99 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.157 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3623 days ago · 99 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3623 days ago · 110 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.846 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 108 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.160 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 89 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.555 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 116 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.754 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 110 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.542 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.829 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 70 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.546 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 83 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.952 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 117 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.559 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 104 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.753 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 114 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.13 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 102 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.823 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 137 km deep · 51 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.959 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.826 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 150 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.445 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 79 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 109 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.361 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 105 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.640 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 116 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.557 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 92 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 111 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.632 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 86 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 104 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.172 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 115 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.658 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 110 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.055 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 110 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.455 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 102 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.765 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 111 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3632 days ago · 113 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.661 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 114 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.738 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 136 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.365 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 113 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.945 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 80 km deep · 37 km away
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