M2.3 earthquake 45 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 45 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Fri, May 19, 2017, 9:10 AM AKDT (17:10 UTC), 83 km (51 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 54 km E 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-19 17:10:53 UTC
- Depth
- 82.5 km (51.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.805° N, 152.633° 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
- 96
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.048 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 135 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.742 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 141 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.544 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.659 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 79 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.171 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 111 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.743 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 75 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.664 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 112 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.946 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 96 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.741 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.753 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 66 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.227 km SE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.540 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 71 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.526 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 71 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.838 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 122 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 62 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 64 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3423 days ago · 72 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.571 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 116 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 105 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3423 days ago · 138 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 97 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.562 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 102 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.736 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 175 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.557 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 122 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.828 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 67 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.563 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 97 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.643 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 135 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.576 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 112 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.732 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 119 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.025 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 66 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.669 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 117 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.39 km NW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.645 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 84 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.658 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 92 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.641 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 125 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3422 days ago · 134 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.556 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 104 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.950 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.913 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 133 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 122 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.631 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 75 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 67 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.551 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 107 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.818 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.751 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 118 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.721 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.874 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 120 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.642 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 82 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.924 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 69 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.960 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 110 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 80 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.546 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 162 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 103 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.456 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 105 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.750 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 114 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 106 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.676 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 134 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.430 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 72 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 101 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 79 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.071 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 81 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.559 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 109 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 86 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.143 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 147 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.557 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 100 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 86 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.873 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.742 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.959 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 98 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.739 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 78 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.553 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 80 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.050 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 104 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 70 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.452 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.663 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 113 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.617 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 71 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.154 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 135 km deep · 45 km away
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