Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 19 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 19 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Mon, Feb 13, 2017, 12:37 AM AKST (09:37 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 48 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-02-13 09:37:34 UTC
Depth
82.2 km (51.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
59.849° N, 152.153° 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
28

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. 1.649 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 81 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.761 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 110 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.818 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.330 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.326 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 136 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.529 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 49 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.0Southern Alaska · 3519 days ago · 129 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.828 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 61 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 2.528 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 68 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 1.963 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 104 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.461 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 97 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 1.832 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 72 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 2.161 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 95 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.1Southern Alaska · 3518 days ago · 148 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.748 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 96 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 2.061 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 97 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 1.9Southern Alaska · 3518 days ago · 110 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 1.767 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 102 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 1.961 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 100 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 1.656 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 102 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 1.8Southern Alaska · 3518 days ago · 101 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.058 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 100 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 2.766 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 113 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 1.557 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 92 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 1.828 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 64 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 1.810 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 72 km deep · 38 km away
  27. 1.755 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 100 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 3.450 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 113 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 1.643 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 85 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 2.274 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 122 km deep · 62 km away
  31. 2.065 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 99 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 1.610 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
  33. 1.719 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 1.749 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 1.5Southern Alaska · 3516 days ago · 101 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 2.06 km SW of Homer, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 49 km deep · 39 km away
  37. 1.659 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 87 km deep · 46 km away
  38. 2.421 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 66 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 1.520 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 2.447 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 82 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 1.748 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 141 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 3.161 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 112 km deep · 46 km away
  43. 1.653 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 1.838 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 1.930 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 69 km deep · 11 km away
  46. 2.560 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 129 km deep · 58 km away
  47. 1.960 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 105 km deep · 52 km away
  48. 1.670 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 114 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 1.648 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 110 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 1.714 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
  51. 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 103 km deep · 55 km away
  52. 1.920 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 70 km deep · 75 km away
  53. 1.860 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 128 km deep · 69 km away
  54. 1.635 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 1.635 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 69 km deep · 34 km away
  56. 1.931 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 125 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 1.841 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 129 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away
  59. 4.154 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 103 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 1.662 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 100 km deep · 49 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.963 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 113 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.960 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 91 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.865 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 107 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 1.858 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 95 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.346 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 160 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 105 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.246 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 143 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.58 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 2.044 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 158 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.942 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 131 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 108 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.940 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 130 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.547 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 86 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 2.255 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 82 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 2.032 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 158 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.556 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 95 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 1.961 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 94 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.146 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 159 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.048 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 86 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 2.062 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 108 km deep · 47 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01720x86au (also filed as ak15261522). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:39 AM UTC.