M1.7 earthquake 42 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 42 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 8:00 PM AKST (05:00 UTC), 89 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 55 km E of Pedro Bay, 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-01 05:00:15 UTC
- Depth
- 89.4 km (55.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.615° N, 152.523° 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
- 31
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.240 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 116 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3138 days ago · 115 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.012 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 76 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.949 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 54 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.749 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 118 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.863 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 115 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 76 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.444 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 87 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.568 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 115 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.554 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 81 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.255 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 116 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.852 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 103 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.443 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 189 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.554 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 100 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.633 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.829 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 73 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.669 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 140 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.738 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.519 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.660 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 107 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.660 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 97 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.569 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 113 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.844 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 102 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.642 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 108 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 76 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.644 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 127 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.953 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 97 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 87 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.665 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 123 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.843 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 87 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.664 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 114 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.844 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.860 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 83 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.667 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 123 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.859 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 119 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.755 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 120 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.129 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 131 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.1Southern Alaska · 3134 days ago · 96 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.028 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 72 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.856 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 95 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.577 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 69 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.150 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 105 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.468 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 109 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.531 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 161 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.769 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 107 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.866 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 115 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.54 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 54 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.776 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 140 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.832 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 122 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.621 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 57 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 100 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 70 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.87 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.875 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 129 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 102 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 77 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.826 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 126 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.946 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 125 km deep · 45 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.747 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 77 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.864 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 116 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 87 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.937 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 131 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 65 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.867 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 94 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.060 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 101 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.946 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 90 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.066 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 100 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.136 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 127 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.363 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 110 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.948 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 93 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.346 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 86 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.348 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 146 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.038 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 162 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.932 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 70 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.563 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 90 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.347 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 119 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.659 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 103 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.113 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 55 km deep · 37 km away
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