M1.5 earthquake 7 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 7 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Wed, Apr 4, 2018, 11:43 PM AKDT (07:43 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 71 km E 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-04-05 07:43:28 UTC
- Depth
- 72.4 km (45.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.804° N, 151.959° 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
- 18
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
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3103 days ago · 111 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.546 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 90 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.754 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 89 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.843 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.969 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 117 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.925 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 69 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.626 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 96 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.528 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 72 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.421 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.852 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 113 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 80 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.141 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 134 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.834 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.845 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 113 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.560 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 106 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.841 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 117 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.853 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 103 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.066 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 106 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.561 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 102 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.637 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.650 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.754 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 91 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.942 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 145 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 99 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.841 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 124 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.637 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 135 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.753 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 83 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 99 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.760 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 108 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 87 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.833 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 145 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 92 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.651 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 90 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.567 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 117 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.056 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 113 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.727 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 68 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.762 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 91 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.760 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 105 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 104 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.942 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 111 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.830 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 134 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.08 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 77 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.628 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 76 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.837 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 76 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.936 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 127 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.679 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 126 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 112 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.418 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 76 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 1.543 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 103 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.645 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 111 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.552 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 93 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.644 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 126 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 103 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.648 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 134 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 105 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.854 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 101 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.740 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.632 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.966 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 108 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.653 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 98 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.48 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 53 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.060 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.028 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 138 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.932 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 122 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.052 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 127 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 89 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.545 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 161 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 104 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.510 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 71 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 115 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.772 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 112 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.848 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 130 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.949 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 107 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.561 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 101 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.845 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 113 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.648 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 120 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.538 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 73 km deep · 33 km away
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