M1.8 earthquake 43 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 43 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 7:16 AM AKDT (15:16 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 62 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-12 15:16:31 UTC
- Depth
- 99.7 km (62.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.814° N, 152.599° 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
- 69
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 184 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.151 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 106 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.735 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 128 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 89 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.549 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 79 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.931 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 64 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.415 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.745 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 106 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.862 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 112 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
- 1.962 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 113 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.649 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 131 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.660 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 133 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.648 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 103 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 77 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.261 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.750 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 145 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.74 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 60 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.659 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 122 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.824 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 71 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 117 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.744 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 82 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.547 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 110 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.154 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 77 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.747 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 105 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 84 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.561 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 87 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.661 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 84 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.832 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.59 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.562 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 99 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 117 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2392 days ago · 106 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.51 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.775 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 105 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.970 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 110 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.738 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 83 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.555 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 83 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 101 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.063 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 113 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 95 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 100 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.967 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 137 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.947 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 79 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.649 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 91 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.441 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 114 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.341 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 75 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 1.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 114 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.637 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 122 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.941 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 84 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.938 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 124 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.223 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 75 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.055 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 99 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 106 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.667 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 117 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.04 km N of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 66 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.544 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 84 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 95 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.843 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.550 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 144 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.654 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 93 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.745 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 112 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 105 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.041 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 78 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 129 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.639 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.952 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 118 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.041 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.445 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 90 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.761 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 98 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 80 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.061 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 113 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.555 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 103 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.330 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 70 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.663 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 106 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.945 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 145 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.668 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 103 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.976 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 164 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 82 km deep · 76 km away
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