M1.5 earthquake 31 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 31 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Fri, Dec 20, 2019, 2:00 AM AKST (11:00 UTC), 85 km (53 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-20 11:00:52 UTC
- Depth
- 84.6 km (52.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.921° N, 152.319° 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
- 30
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 199 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.03 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 55 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.547 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 90 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 79 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.677 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 133 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 117 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 1.644 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 71 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.618 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.049 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 88 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.865 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 131 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.843 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 72 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.027 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.866 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 133 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.941 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 118 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.718 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 68 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.764 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 138 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.946 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.253 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 84 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.960 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 120 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.738 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 78 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 88 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 95 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Kasilof, AK · 2476 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.821 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 140 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.151 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 84 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.537 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 76 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 90 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.568 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 109 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.651 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.867 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2476 days ago · 112 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 1.648 km E of Pedro Bay, AK · 2475 days ago · 111 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.855 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 78 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.937 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 118 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.811 km ENE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.059 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 109 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 1.820 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.160 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 125 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.863 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 97 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.726 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.932 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 136 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.040 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 68 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.870 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 119 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 88 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 85 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 85 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.846 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 94 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 92 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.659 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 105 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.961 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 127 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.636 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 70 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.512 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 63 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 104 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 92 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.511 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.842 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 84 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.517 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 64 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 77 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 99 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.263 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 89 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.212 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.451 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 101 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 85 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.026 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 81 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 47 · tsunami flag
- 1.618 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 58 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.955 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 154 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.060 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 150 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.046 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 165 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.136 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 116 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.557 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 102 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2481 days ago · 98 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.753 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 103 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.651 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 89 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 85 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.560 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 126 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.461 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 122 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.564 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 97 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
- 4.153 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 104 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 87 · tsunami flag
- 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
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