M3.1 earthquake 32 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 32 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Thu, Jan 17, 2019, 8:46 PM AKST (05:46 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 46 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-18 05:46:34 UTC
- Depth
- 74.0 km (46.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.848° N, 152.390° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 160
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.549 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 106 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.565 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 103 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.446 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 112 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.441 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 120 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.840 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 115 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.158 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 93 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.824 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 68 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.644 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 124 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.733 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 68 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.810 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 60 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.345 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 96 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
- 1.59 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 64 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.715 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.757 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 143 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.522 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.864 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 91 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.653 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 125 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.856 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 141 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 100 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 78 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 116 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 87 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.570 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 101 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 99 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 83 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 64 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.057 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 98 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 73 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.733 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 132 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.753 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 98 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 1.965 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 108 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.735 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 114 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.840 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 121 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 82 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.359 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 99 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.453 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 74 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 106 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 1.718 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2808 days ago · 61 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.754 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 106 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 1.964 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 109 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 93 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.856 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 100 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.060 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 79 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2807 days ago · 76 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.425 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 68 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.655 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.550 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 108 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 1.767 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 104 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.333 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 120 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.364 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 111 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 1.616 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.137 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 132 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.047 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.710 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.050 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.054 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 132 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.544 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 117 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 105 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.113 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 62 km deep · 24 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.629 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 63 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 74 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.061 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 95 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.967 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.712 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 77 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.654 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 89 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.648 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 88 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.551 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.67 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 55 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.656 km W of Salamatof, AK · 2813 days ago · 98 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.664 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 127 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.836 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 123 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.762 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 102 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.533 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.638 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 90 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 1.742 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 92 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 67 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 97 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.145 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 159 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 1.780 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 121 km deep · 99 km away
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