M1.5 earthquake 7 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 7 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Thu, Oct 12, 2017, 5:58 PM AKDT (01:58 UTC), 49 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 68 km E of Port Alsworth, 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-13 01:58:10 UTC
- Depth
- 49.3 km (30.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.834° N, 151.893° 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
- 21
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.958 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 138 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.863 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 109 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.911 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.213 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 57 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.572 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 100 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.113 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.257 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.714 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 36 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.755 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 134 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.959 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 98 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.764 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 123 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3276 days ago · 78 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.744 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.651 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.05 km ESE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 60 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.756 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 90 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.148 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 109 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.561 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 105 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.161 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 95 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.555 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 107 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.438 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.971 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 118 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.865 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 123 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.351 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 87 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 97 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.869 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 80 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.854 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 120 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.839 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 135 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.557 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 98 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.845 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 93 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 102 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.068 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 117 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.258 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 129 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 134 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.117 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 64 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.327 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 134 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.512 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 38 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.031 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 136 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.559 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 98 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.15 km ENE of Kenai, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 52 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.054 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 117 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.164 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 121 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.754 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 102 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.7Southern Alaska · 3272 days ago · 102 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 205 · tsunami flag
- 2.253 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 102 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.146 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 112 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.926 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 89 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3271 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.736 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 96 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.212 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.852 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 87 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.737 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.536 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.637 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 75 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 104 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.845 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 82 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.761 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 98 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.853 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 103 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 107 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3278 days ago · 95 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.753 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 95 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.66 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 52 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.364 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 122 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.50 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 64 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.021 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 70 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.643 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 78 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.067 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 135 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.130 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 130 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.863 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 96 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.768 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 107 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.962 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 111 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.057 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 127 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.139 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 128 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.87 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.158 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 106 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.746 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 82 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.630 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.069 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 120 km deep · 74 km away
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