M1.9 earthquake 37 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 37 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Mon, Dec 12, 2016, 3:03 AM AKST (12:03 UTC), 65 km (40 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-12 12:03:51 UTC
- Depth
- 65.1 km (40.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.596° N, 152.392° 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
- 77
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.838 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.552 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 108 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 128 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.961 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 129 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.150 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 103 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.073 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 117 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.643 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 91 km deep · 26 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 · 37 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.526 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 84 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.246 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 69 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 103 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.967 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 90 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.055 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 104 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.858 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 100 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.755 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 97 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.668 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.716 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 61 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.311 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 1.658 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 82 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3580 days ago · 96 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.165 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 123 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.670 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 93 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.657 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 130 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 100 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 72 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 100 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.947 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 124 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.060 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.034 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 123 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.516 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.119 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.857 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 70 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 103 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.449 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 123 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 3579 days ago · 120 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.863 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 128 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.760 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 109 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 56 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.954 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 84 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.834 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 133 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.567 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 92 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.855 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 125 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.244 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 129 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.567 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 136 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.837 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 73 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.357 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 108 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 102 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.760 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.694 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.833 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 72 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.832 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 68 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.331 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 89 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.840 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 122 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.658 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 98 km deep · 45 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.536 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.786 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.747 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 124 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.763 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 99 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 100 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 82 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.423 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 85 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 73 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.758 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 101 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 110 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.740 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 122 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.515 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 63 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.643 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 115 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.743 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 130 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.654 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 127 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.642 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 86 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.668 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 83 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.745 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 117 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.661 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 104 km deep · 42 km away
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