M1.6 earthquake 50 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 50 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sat, Aug 11, 2018, 11:29 AM AKDT (19:29 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 50 km E of Pedro Bay, 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
- 2018-08-11 19:29:34 UTC
- Depth
- 88.3 km (54.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.721° N, 152.723° 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
- 29
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
- 1.658 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 78 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 110 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.562 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.841 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 117 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.044 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 127 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.847 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 83 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.140 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 121 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.960 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 111 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 65 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.56 km WNW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 103 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 88 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.830 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 81 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.760 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 104 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.768 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 133 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 111 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.966 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 106 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.545 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 135 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.569 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 114 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 70 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.118 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.562 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 138 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.627 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 90 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.058 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 95 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.837 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 132 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.629 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 74 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.536 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 116 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 91 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.565 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 115 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.061 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 92 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 113 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.517 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 2969 days ago · 161 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.38 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 71 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.749 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 72 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.645 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 76 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.938 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 83 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.770 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 114 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 96 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.934 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 136 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
- 1.960 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 83 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.745 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.734 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.863 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 100 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 100 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.253 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 105 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.555 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 97 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.738 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 120 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.761 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.759 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 121 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.560 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 95 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.245 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 88 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.038 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 122 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 92 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 106 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.820 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.774 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 116 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 117 km deep · 43 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 2976 days ago · 114 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.539 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 119 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.652 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 106 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.870 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 66 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.736 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 137 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.526 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 134 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.665 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 101 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.562 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 90 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.566 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 122 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.960 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 98 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.647 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 129 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.856 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 95 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.670 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 133 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 98 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.573 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 117 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.768 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 66 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.734 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 121 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.235 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 130 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.763 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 99 km deep · 29 km away
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