M1.9 earthquake 39 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 39 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 8:40 AM AKST (17:40 UTC), 66 km (41 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 50 km ENE 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-21 17:40:51 UTC
- Depth
- 65.8 km (40.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.621° N, 152.465° 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
- 56
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 198 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.650 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 143 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 599 · tsunami flag
- 1.738 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 62 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.751 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 109 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.850 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 77 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.149 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 148 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.847 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 108 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.733 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.419 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.942 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 133 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.819 km WNW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 57 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.539 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 88 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.620 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.669 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 132 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2872 days ago · 113 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 102 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.79 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.521 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.261 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 99 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 100 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.131 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 132 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.37 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 54 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.052 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 101 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.617 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 67 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.570 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.963 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 71 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.827 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 70 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.016 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.011 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.333 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 66 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 100 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.48 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 54 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 1.637 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.310 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.68 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.861 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 88 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.55 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.935 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 74 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.242 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 121 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.77 km WNW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.063 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 122 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.631 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.636 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 70 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.715 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.633 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.760 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 75 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.070 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 129 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.732 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 164 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.150 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 115 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.844 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 83 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.236 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 71 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.17 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.154 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 100 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.062 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 93 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.631 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.060 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 99 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.719 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.050 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 116 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 77 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.337 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.768 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 119 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.662 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 96 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 102 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.969 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 128 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.819 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 74 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.763 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 91 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.661 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 96 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.737 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 119 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.827 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.040 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 153 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.675 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 131 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.638 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 63 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.033 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 64 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.758 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 104 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.873 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 113 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.533 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 70 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.424 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 67 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.043 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 154 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.152 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 99 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.822 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 65 km deep · 20 km away
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