M1.6 earthquake 38 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 38 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Fri, Nov 18, 2016, 3:17 PM AKST (00:17 UTC), 84 km (52 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 56 km WNW of Nanwalek, 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
- 2016-11-19 00:17:56 UTC
- Depth
- 83.7 km (52.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.735° N, 152.505° 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
- 22
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
- 1.657 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 93 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.160 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 134 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 75 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.149 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 90 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.377 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.838 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 145 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.753 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 119 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.164 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 149 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.535 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 70 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 108 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.660 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 106 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.652 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 104 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.760 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 105 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.79 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.877 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 96 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.056 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 93 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
- 1.748 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 96 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.638 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 73 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.950 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 103 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.578 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.743 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.837 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 70 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.152 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 91 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.021 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.75 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 76 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.542 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.09 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 49 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 1.660 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 96 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.247 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 89 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.063 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 109 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.949 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 83 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.534 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.59 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 63 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.157 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 108 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.760 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 94 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.955 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.950 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 113 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.350 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 158 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.20 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 62 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.523 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.79 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.064 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 113 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.649 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.946 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 106 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.849 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 124 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.848 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 117 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 89 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 74 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.513 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 83 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3602 days ago · 83 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.672 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 104 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 70 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3601 days ago · 69 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.661 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.361 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 95 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.048 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 106 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 101 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.849 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 140 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 89 km deep · 39 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.562 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 97 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.847 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 83 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.860 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 100 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.960 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 115 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.542 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 83 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.949 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 93 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.664 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 101 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 118 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.251 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 146 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.530 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 71 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.761 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.614 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.564 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 98 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.08 km ESE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 52 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.862 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 108 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.960 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 107 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.660 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 103 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.163 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 100 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.148 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 97 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.950 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 72 km deep · 43 km away
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