M1.6 earthquake 41 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 41 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Fri, Dec 2, 2016, 5:28 AM AKST (14:28 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 52 km NE of Pedro Bay, 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
- 2016-12-02 14:28:55 UTC
- Depth
- 82.2 km (51.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.927° N, 152.509° 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
- 15
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
- 1.974 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 129 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.148 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 126 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.163 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 115 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.458 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 101 km deep · 35 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 · 71 km away
- 2.237 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 122 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.812 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.72 km SW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 54 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.847 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.941 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.158 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 106 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.062 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 120 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.677 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 138 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 2.862 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 103 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 99 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.951 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 95 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.72 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 59 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 78 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.88 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 52 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.966 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 116 km deep · 35 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 · 53 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 98 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.752 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 105 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.970 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 121 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.956 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 122 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.647 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 106 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 76 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.662 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 105 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.953 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 123 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 103 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.762 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 115 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 67 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.676 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 129 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.639 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 77 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.048 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 132 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.749 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 80 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 106 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 99 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.832 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 72 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.935 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 97 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.832 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.969 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 92 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.941 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 100 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.264 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 112 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.112 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.947 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 127 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.148 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 93 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.946 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 107 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.143 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 69 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.647 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 87 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.970 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 120 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.959 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 124 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.557 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 103 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 107 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 112 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 93 km deep · 42 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.764 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 97 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.754 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 90 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.059 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 104 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.038 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 118 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.670 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 102 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.645 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 110 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.044 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 129 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.359 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 101 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 84 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.772 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 105 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.551 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 108 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.957 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 91 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.616 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 69 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.724 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 76 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.252 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 98 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 97 · tsunami flag
- 2.447 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 88 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.950 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 126 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.458 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 143 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 102 km deep · 44 km away
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