M1.6 earthquake 62 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 62 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Tue, Aug 21, 2018, 12:26 AM AKDT (08:26 UTC), 100 km (62 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
- 2018-08-21 08:26:50 UTC
- Depth
- 100.1 km (62.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.732° N, 152.944° 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
- 23
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
- 1.654 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 115 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.253 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 105 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.555 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.738 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 120 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.761 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.759 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 121 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.560 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 95 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.245 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 88 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.038 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 122 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 92 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 106 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.820 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.774 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 116 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 117 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 107 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.357 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 93 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.739 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 80 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.156 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 97 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.567 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.565 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 100 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.652 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 125 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 94 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.874 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 113 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.642 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.647 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 90 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.355 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.86 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 158 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.660 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 129 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 100 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 97 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.643 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 162 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 113 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 94 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.067 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.928 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 70 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.544 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 109 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 93 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.558 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 91 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.159 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 118 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.361 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 109 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.264 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 129 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.15 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.610 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.08 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.743 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 95 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.58 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.749 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 121 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 93 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 103 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.650 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 96 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.575 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.641 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 120 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.649 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 107 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.659 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 88 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.940 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.740 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 115 km deep · 29 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.863 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 100 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.734 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.745 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.960 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 83 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
- 1.934 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 136 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 96 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.770 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 114 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.938 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 83 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.645 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 76 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.749 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 72 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 71 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.38 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 2967 days ago · 161 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.517 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 113 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.061 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 92 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.565 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 115 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 91 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.536 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 116 km deep · 38 km away
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