M1.7 earthquake 16 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 16 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sun, Oct 6, 2019, 4:56 AM AKDT (12:56 UTC), 59 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 56 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-06 12:56:38 UTC
- Depth
- 59.3 km (36.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.710° N, 152.098° 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
- 33
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and 142 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.169 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 122 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.661 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 111 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.736 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 77 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.131 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 113 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.250 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 104 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.727 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 80 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.117 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.547 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 85 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.58 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 58 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.346 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 155 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2548 days ago · 102 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.541 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 135 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.630 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 74 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.614 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.948 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 93 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 104 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.145 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 81 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 90 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.268 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 83 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.932 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 63 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.670 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 136 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.718 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 58 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 92 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.573 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.052 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.648 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2546 days ago · 62 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.810 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 53 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.722 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.367 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.434 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 82 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.910 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 53 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.951 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 81 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 101 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.535 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.366 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.635 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 122 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.059 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 103 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.613 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.756 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 115 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.658 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 131 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 118 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.746 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 135 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.156 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
- 1.522 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 77 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 91 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.519 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.821 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.771 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 124 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.058 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 92 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.95 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.049 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 103 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 93 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.918 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 48 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.829 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.662 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.618 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.065 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 119 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 88 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 82 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 86 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.610 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 78 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.449 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 109 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 80 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.611 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 65 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.524 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.57 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 69 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.763 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 101 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.942 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 110 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.839 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 151 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.275 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 128 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.938 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 52 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.837 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.053 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 83 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.044 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 141 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.638 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 121 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.511 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
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