M1.8 earthquake 32 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 32 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Wed, Dec 7, 2016, 8:27 AM AKST (17:27 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 52 km NE of Pedro Bay, 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-07 17:27:21 UTC
- Depth
- 72.4 km (45.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.893° N, 152.365° 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
- 38
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
- 1.935 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 97 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.832 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.969 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 92 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.941 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 100 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.264 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 112 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.112 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.947 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 127 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.148 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 93 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.946 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 107 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.143 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 69 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.647 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 87 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.970 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 120 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.959 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 124 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.557 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 103 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 107 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 112 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 93 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.956 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.732 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 68 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 73 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.743 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 104 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 107 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.156 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 107 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.036 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 133 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.642 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 88 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.54 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 53 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 100 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 106 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3585 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 75 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.738 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.661 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 104 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.745 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 117 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.774 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 124 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 83 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.642 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 86 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.654 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 127 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.743 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 130 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.643 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 115 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.515 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.740 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 122 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 110 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.758 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 101 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.423 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 85 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 82 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 100 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.747 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 124 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.536 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.937 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 65 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.838 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 80 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.552 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 108 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 128 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.961 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 129 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.150 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 103 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.073 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 117 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.643 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 91 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.925 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 99 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.532 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 92 km deep · 5 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.665 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 99 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 106 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.749 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 80 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.048 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 132 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.639 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 77 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.676 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 129 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 67 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.762 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 115 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 103 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.953 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 123 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.662 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 105 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 76 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.647 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 106 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.956 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 122 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 81 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.970 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 121 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.752 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 105 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 98 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.745 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 94 km deep · 54 km away
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