M1.5 earthquake 49 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 49 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Tue, Dec 3, 2019, 8:45 AM AKST (17:45 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 53 km W of Salamatof, 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-03 17:45:31 UTC
- Depth
- 88.2 km (54.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.860° N, 152.702° 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
- 22
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.521 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 74 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 92 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2494 days ago · 95 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.056 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 73 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 109 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.953 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.156 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 104 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.945 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.717 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.732 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 130 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 74 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.255 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 98 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.663 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 113 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 3.060 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 84 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.738 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.063 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.328 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 65 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.734 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 80 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.67 km S of Kasilof, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 62 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.052 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 103 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.65 km SE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 51 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.365 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 144 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.528 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 67 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.160 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 101 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.280 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.967 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.653 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 157 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 91 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.548 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 86 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.144 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 90 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.834 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 78 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.621 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 49 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.064 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 91 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 1.849 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 86 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.941 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 68 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 97 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.430 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 69 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.146 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 92 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.661 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 87 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.358 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.444 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 162 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 94 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.728 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 87 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.650 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 80 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.838 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 145 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.043 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 112 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.130 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 121 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.538 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.634 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 76 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.840 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 97 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.820 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.851 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 152 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.13 km W of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.867 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 96 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.218 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 68 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.857 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 88 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.759 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 107 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 105 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 72 km deep · 34 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.659 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 92 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.545 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 81 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.57 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.735 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 73 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.829 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 87 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.89 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 90 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.616 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.062 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 103 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Happy Valley, AK · 2495 days ago · 100 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.950 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.255 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 101 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.146 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.930 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 161 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.839 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 127 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.556 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 88 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 42 · tsunami flag
- 1.535 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 93 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.58 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.050 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 111 km deep · 29 km away
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