M1.8 earthquake 14 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 14 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sat, Jan 5, 2019, 5:41 PM AKST (02:41 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 21 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-06 02:41:14 UTC
- Depth
- 72.1 km (44.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.810° N, 152.082° 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
- 69
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 162 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.533 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 70 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.959 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.857 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 105 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 92 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.643 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 93 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.055 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 101 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 95 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.039 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 125 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.661 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 116 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.55 km N of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 65 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.565 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 91 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.833 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 134 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.847 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.011 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.710 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2827 days ago · 61 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.530 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 61 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 109 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.529 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.561 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 98 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.475 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 122 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.746 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.562 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 98 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.835 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 67 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.060 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 101 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.064 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 98 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.064 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 100 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.072 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 112 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.562 km W of Anchor Point, AK · 2825 days ago · 101 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.615 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 87 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.831 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 155 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 102 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.556 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 100 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2825 days ago · 98 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.619 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 67 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.421 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 89 · tsunami flag
- 1.525 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 67 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.318 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.046 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 110 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.849 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 95 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.624 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 69 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.919 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.846 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 106 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 1.941 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 144 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 104 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.925 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 72 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.754 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 129 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.530 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 78 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 119 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.751 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 86 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.537 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 86 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 121 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.855 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 115 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.631 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 77 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 98 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.753 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 109 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 110 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.136 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 64 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.310 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.640 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 86 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.746 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 83 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.266 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 109 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 106 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 114 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.511 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 50 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.560 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 88 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.849 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 162 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 6
- 2.015 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 67 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.655 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 146 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.636 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 127 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.945 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 117 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 76 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.050 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 84 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 95 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.37 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.011 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 63 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.722 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 55 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 105 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.741 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
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