Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 53 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 53 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sun, Mar 8, 2020, 5:07 AM AKDT (13:07 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 62 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-03-08 13:07:22 UTC
Depth
86.5 km (53.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
59.675° N, 152.760° 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
57

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 170 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.610 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.155 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 118 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 1.550 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 82 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 1.550 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 88 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.569 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 109 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.546 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 82 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.668 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 103 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 2.945 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 145 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 1.663 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 106 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.330 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 70 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 1.555 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 103 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 2.061 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 113 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.524 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 80 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 1.761 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 98 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.445 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 90 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.041 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 69 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 1.952 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 118 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 1.639 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 129 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 2.041 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 78 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 1.567 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 105 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 2.745 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 112 km deep · 34 km away
  24. 1.654 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 93 km deep · 7 km away
  25. 2.550 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 144 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 1.843 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 100 km deep · 18 km away
  27. 2.151 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 106 km deep · 25 km away
  28. 1.735 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 128 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 1.660 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 89 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 1.549 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 79 km deep · 6 km away
  31. 2.931 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 64 km deep · 28 km away
  32. 2.415 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 2.745 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 106 km deep · 31 km away
  34. 3.862 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 112 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
  35. 1.962 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 113 km deep · 50 km away
  36. 1.649 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 131 km deep · 33 km away
  37. 1.660 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 133 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 1.648 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 103 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 1.76 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 77 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 2.261 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 1.750 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 145 km deep · 49 km away
  42. 2.74 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 60 km deep · 48 km away
  43. 1.659 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 122 km deep · 30 km away
  44. 1.824 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 71 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 1.870 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 117 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 1.744 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 82 km deep · 17 km away
  47. 3.547 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 110 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 3.154 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 77 km deep · 29 km away
  49. 1.676 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 1.747 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 105 km deep · 29 km away
  51. 1.732 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 84 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 1.561 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 87 km deep · 8 km away
  53. 1.661 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 84 km deep · 11 km away
  54. 1.832 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 64 km deep · 37 km away
  55. 1.59 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 1.562 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 99 km deep · 23 km away
  57. 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 117 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 1.652 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2389 days ago · 106 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 1.51 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.635 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 124 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 1.554 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 77 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 1.546 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 93 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.838 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 121 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 2.673 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 120 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.763 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 112 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.149 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 105 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 1.973 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 130 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.743 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 126 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 3.663 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 84 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 9
  11. 2.130 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 62 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 2.832 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 74 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2400 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 1.840 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 69 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 1.649 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 112 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 2.646 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 111 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 1.752 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 111 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 1.539 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 129 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 1.657 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 78 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.050 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 103 km deep · 36 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02034obs42. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:25 PM UTC.