M1.6 earthquake 31 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 31 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Tue, Nov 21, 2017, 9:12 AM AKST (18:12 UTC), 75 km (47 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 59 km WNW of Ninilchik, 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-21 18:12:52 UTC
- Depth
- 74.9 km (46.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.647° N, 152.336° 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
- 17
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
- 1.835 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 121 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.613 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 109 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.539 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 81 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 94 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.148 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 119 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.032 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 64 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.942 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.260 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 105 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.060 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 82 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.12 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 78 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 112 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.760 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 99 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.864 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 100 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.09 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.754 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 87 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.141 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 128 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 107 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.138 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.830 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 89 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
- 1.871 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 117 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.882 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 3234 days ago · 129 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.737 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 74 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.874 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 54 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.961 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 106 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 100 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.515 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 64 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.766 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 112 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 111 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.142 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 130 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.955 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 92 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 1.842 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 126 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.671 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 102 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.668 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 116 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.870 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 123 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 92 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.767 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 104 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 78 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 81 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.511 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 44 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.856 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 116 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 89 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.044 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 89 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.054 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 100 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.056 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 106 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 77 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.767 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 87 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 82 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.162 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 141 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.368 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.924 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.970 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 120 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3231 days ago · 91 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 97 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.658 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 87 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.963 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 108 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 60 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.956 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 84 km deep · 27 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.635 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 89 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 93 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 95 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.824 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 87 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.147 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 134 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.511 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 164 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.061 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 140 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.967 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 109 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.154 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 94 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.538 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 139 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.157 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 99 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.059 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 107 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.057 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 81 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.054 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 95 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.060 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 101 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.757 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 93 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.013 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 59 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.878 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 103 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.863 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 102 km deep · 54 km away
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