M1.6 earthquake 57 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 57 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Tue, Dec 5, 2017, 2:28 AM AKST (11:28 UTC), 91 km (57 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 40 km ENE of Port Alsworth, 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
- 2017-12-05 11:28:55 UTC
- Depth
- 91.1 km (56.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.992° N, 152.771° 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
- 38
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
- 1.733 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3225 days ago · 87 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 101 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 87 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 104 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.642 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 93 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.462 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 94 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.855 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 94 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.943 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 66 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.969 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 124 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.740 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 69 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.765 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 91 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 108 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.513 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 74 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.50 km NNW of Homer, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.942 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 127 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.756 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 141 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 87 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.672 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 97 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 98 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 95 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.016 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 83 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3223 days ago · 138 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 76 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3222 days ago · 93 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.760 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 102 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.160 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 103 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.513 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.339 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 84 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.94 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 92 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.865 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 105 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 107 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.754 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 94 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.726 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.839 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 140 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 118 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.876 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 116 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 86 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.757 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 85 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 3221 days ago · 108 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.053 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.09 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3220 days ago · 102 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.777 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 136 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.733 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 84 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.032 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 145 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.188 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 137 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.382 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 142 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 93 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 104 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.071 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 136 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.716 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 77 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.761 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 102 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.162 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 113 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.868 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.978 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 111 km deep · 56 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.041 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 68 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 97 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.046 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 79 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.158 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 96 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.728 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 65 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.863 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 97 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 96 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.272 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 140 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.114 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 59 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.255 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 106 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.037 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 126 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.063 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 128 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.134 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 124 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.723 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.79 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 100 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.646 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.759 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 85 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 112 km deep · 15 km away
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