M1.6 earthquake 63 km WNW of Anchor Point, AK
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 63 km WNW of Anchor Point, AK on Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 10:58 AM AKST (19:58 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-30 19:58:34 UTC
- Depth
- 95.4 km (59.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.974° N, 152.886° 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
- 25
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 199 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.426 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 67 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5
- 2.315 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 94 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.968 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 102 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.850 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 112 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.344 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 143 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.155 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 101 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.716 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.646 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 85 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.629 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 79 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Homer, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.033 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 131 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.833 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 82 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.163 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 88 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.767 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 110 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.96 km ENE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 2.653 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.958 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 107 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.258 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 100 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.358 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 115 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 94 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.150 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 162 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.954 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 142 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.665 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 122 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.760 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 103 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 105 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.764 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 91 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.759 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 100 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.716 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 76 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.921 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.657 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 98 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.661 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 108 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 97 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.913 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 56 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.143 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 141 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.719 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 80 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.759 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 105 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.59 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.835 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.648 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.153 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 114 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 2.031 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 68 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.845 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 107 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.859 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 96 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.352 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 105 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.839 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 80 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.834 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.743 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 81 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.868 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 122 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 114 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.847 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 115 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.216 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 97 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.757 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 96 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.747 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 95 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.361 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 122 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.056 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 73 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.065 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 121 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.252 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 81 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.349 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 139 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 76 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 78 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.839 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 89 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.632 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.88 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.848 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 116 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.258 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 98 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 67 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.951 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 119 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.179 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 140 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.911 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.060 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 98 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.53 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 62 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.59 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 90 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.158 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 153 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.864 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 108 km deep · 9 km away
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