M2.0 earthquake 15 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 15 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Mon, Apr 16, 2018, 3:21 PM AKDT (23:21 UTC), 68 km (42 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-04-16 23:21:36 UTC
- Depth
- 67.5 km (41.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.745° N, 152.107° 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
- 53
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
- 2.239 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 164 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 127 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.971 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 123 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 107 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.034 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 154 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.560 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 102 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.568 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 106 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.657 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 131 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 94 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.557 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 98 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.962 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 93 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.267 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 108 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.529 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.961 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 96 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 110 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.8Southern Alaska · 3089 days ago · 95 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.943 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 139 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.168 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 113 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 79 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.68 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.866 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 87 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.75 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.511 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.968 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 93 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.666 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 109 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.771 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 147 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.146 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 82 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 81 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.241 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 63 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.543 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 114 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.644 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 124 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.558 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 100 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.972 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 81 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.853 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 165 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 115 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 101 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.654 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 102 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 54 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 94 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.156 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 94 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.572 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.738 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 115 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.671 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 127 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.939 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 118 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.351 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 102 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.961 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 124 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.330 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 131 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 101 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.747 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 87 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.842 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 87 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.154 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 99 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3085 days ago · 102 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.137 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 132 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.962 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 101 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.960 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 119 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.512 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 67 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.968 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 81 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.539 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 71 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.053 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 153 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.333 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 75 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.947 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 120 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.641 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.948 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 76 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.531 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.756 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 80 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.876 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 123 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.746 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 140 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.644 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 111 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 107 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.656 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 104 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.562 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 98 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.947 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 125 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.610 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 54 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 94 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.662 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 114 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 93 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.856 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 130 km deep · 65 km away
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