M1.6 earthquake 49 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 49 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 7:51 AM AKST (16:51 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 56 km WNW of Nanwalek, 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-29 16:51:52 UTC
- Depth
- 87.1 km (54.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.865° N, 152.701° 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
- 10
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
- 1.761 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 82 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.548 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 85 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 102 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.458 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 143 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.950 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 126 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.447 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 88 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.252 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 98 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 97 · tsunami flag
- 1.724 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 76 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 69 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.865 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 62 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.957 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 91 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.551 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 108 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.772 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 105 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 84 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.359 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 101 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.044 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 129 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.645 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 110 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.670 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 102 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.038 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 118 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.059 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 104 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.754 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 90 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.764 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 97 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 82 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.974 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 129 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.148 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 126 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.163 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 115 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.458 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 101 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.85 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.936 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.237 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 122 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.812 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.72 km SW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 54 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.847 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 80 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.941 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.158 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 106 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.062 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 120 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.677 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 138 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 2.862 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 103 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 99 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.951 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 95 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.72 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.88 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.966 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 116 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.171 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 123 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.745 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 94 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 98 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.752 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 105 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.970 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 121 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 81 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.956 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 122 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.647 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 106 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.977 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 76 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.662 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 105 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 67 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.953 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 123 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 103 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.762 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 115 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 67 km deep · 37 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.957 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 105 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.644 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 118 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 90 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 77 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.759 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 104 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 94 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.865 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 99 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 108 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.972 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 116 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.050 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 156 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.441 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 171 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.757 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 99 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.235 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 132 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.77 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.959 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 101 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.057 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 91 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.366 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 113 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.631 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.57 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.641 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
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