M1.6 earthquake 50 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 50 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sat, Aug 12, 2017, 7:09 PM AKDT (03:09 UTC), 101 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 33 km W of Cohoe, 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
- 2017-08-13 03:09:45 UTC
- Depth
- 100.9 km (62.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.745° N, 152.731° 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
- 18
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
- 2.068 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 132 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.873 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 125 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.150 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.865 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 91 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.519 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 65 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.723 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 68 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.958 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 155 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.647 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 83 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.153 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 105 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.646 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 84 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.857 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 107 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 78 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.730 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 71 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.339 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 68 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.261 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 91 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 107 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 141 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 95 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 96 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.530 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 72 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.961 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 139 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.847 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 81 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.664 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 115 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.310 km E of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.939 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 145 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.159 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 106 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.057 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 99 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.833 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 69 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 1.774 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 104 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.236 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 138 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.014 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 65 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 99 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.857 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 119 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.659 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 107 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.728 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 102 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.046 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 114 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.356 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 102 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 79 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.743 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 144 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.258 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 104 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.736 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 83 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.767 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 125 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.664 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 117 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 98 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.555 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 107 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.836 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 119 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.659 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 117 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 82 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.148 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 78 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 105 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.964 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 91 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.561 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.510 km SSE of Homer, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.934 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 137 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.578 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.653 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 87 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.580 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.827 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 138 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.645 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 141 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 117 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.861 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 131 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.757 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 103 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.86 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.629 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 138 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.645 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 119 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.943 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 96 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 47 · tsunami flag
- 1.653 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 79 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 87 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.064 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 94 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.442 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.814 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.664 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 93 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 127 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3341 days ago · 92 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.868 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 112 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.648 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
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