M1.8 earthquake 55 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 55 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Wed, Dec 27, 2017, 12:23 AM AKST (09:23 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 74 km WSW of Nanwalek, 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-27 09:23:30 UTC
- Depth
- 96.5 km (60.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.877° N, 152.794° 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
- 75
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
- 1.950 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 92 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.813 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.762 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 107 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 115 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.058 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 173 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.680 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 118 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.957 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 103 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.262 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 95 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.731 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 127 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 110 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 91 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.146 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 114 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.773 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 123 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.035 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.661 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 129 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 88 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.735 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 131 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 96 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.946 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 114 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.414 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 1.847 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 109 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.558 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 101 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.555 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 96 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.570 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 112 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.754 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 109 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.526 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 83 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.875 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 122 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 69 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 117 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.632 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 89 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.066 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 114 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
- 1.651 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 84 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.974 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 126 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.458 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 94 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.030 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.642 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 82 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.866 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 77 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.715 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 55 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.865 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 110 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.149 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 78 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.812 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.161 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 90 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.152 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.158 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 83 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.161 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 106 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.655 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 76 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
- 1.76 km SW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 59 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.747 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 81 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.042 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 129 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.129 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 140 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.068 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 90 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.053 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 140 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.348 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 132 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.143 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 92 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.615 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 63 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 102 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.942 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 127 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 87 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.957 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 104 km deep · 18 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.556 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 111 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.861 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 88 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 98 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.963 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.928 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 151 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 3204 days ago · 119 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.760 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 115 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.750 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 106 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.556 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 84 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.873 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 132 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 107 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.514 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 98 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.531 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 68 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 120 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 101 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.944 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 118 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 105 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.156 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
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