M1.6 earthquake 42 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 42 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Wed, May 3, 2017, 11:07 AM AKDT (19:07 UTC), 78 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 14 km N of Ninilchik, 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
- 2017-05-03 19:07:06 UTC
- Depth
- 77.6 km (48.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.923° N, 152.528° 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
- 20
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
- 1.749 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.067 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 113 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.866 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 101 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.361 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 89 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.950 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 118 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 91 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.754 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 80 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.030 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.742 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 85 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.943 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 110 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.862 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 109 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 3441 days ago · 111 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.736 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 122 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.043 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 144 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.823 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.967 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 122 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.845 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 99 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.562 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 101 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 112 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.636 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 79 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.07 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.54 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 59 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.845 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 123 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.664 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 121 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 98 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 79 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.651 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 124 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.542 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 112 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.425 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.582 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 134 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 113 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.736 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 153 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.769 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 126 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 109 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 91 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.657 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 140 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 101 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.063 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 147 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.623 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 73 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.854 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 78 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 81 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.314 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 735 · tsunami flag
- 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.913 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.56 km S of Kasilof, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 83 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.013 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.414 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 69 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.310 km W of Homer, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.960 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 97 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.733 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 82 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.062 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 105 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.731 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 75 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.059 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 98 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.649 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 74 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3437 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.838 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 92 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.945 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 127 km deep · 47 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.743 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 90 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 107 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 94 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.344 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 124 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.815 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.242 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 132 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 76 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.158 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 88 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 105 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.920 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 88 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.951 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 119 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.033 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 134 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.663 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 100 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 85 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.816 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.850 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 118 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.660 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 105 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.849 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 117 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3443 days ago · 124 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 98 km deep · 50 km away
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