Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 61 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 61 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 11:35 PM AKDT (07:35 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 31 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-03-17 07:35:38 UTC
Depth
86.5 km (53.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
59.649° N, 152.890° 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
50

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 176 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.661 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 84 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 1.832 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 64 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 1.562 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 99 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 117 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 1.652 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2388 days ago · 106 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 1.51 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.775 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 105 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.970 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 110 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 2.738 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 83 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 1.555 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 83 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 101 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 1.748 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 75 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 2.063 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 113 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 1.654 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.542 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 95 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.553 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 100 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 2.357 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.967 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 137 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.947 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 79 km deep · 17 km away
  21. 1.649 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 91 km deep · 12 km away
  22. 2.441 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 114 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 2.341 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 75 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  24. 1.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 114 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 1.637 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 122 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 1.941 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 84 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 1.938 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
  28. 1.646 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 124 km deep · 39 km away
  29. 2.223 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 75 km deep · 41 km away
  30. 3.055 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 99 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 1.759 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 114 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 106 km deep · 15 km away
  33. 1.667 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 117 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 2.04 km N of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away
  35. 1.544 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 84 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 1.646 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 95 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 1.843 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 74 km deep · 59 km away
  38. 2.168 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 104 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 1.981 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 1.730 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 88 km deep · 51 km away
  41. 2.152 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 106 km deep · 44 km away
  42. 1.650 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 65 km deep · 30 km away
  43. 2.865 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 96 km deep · 66 km away
  44. 2.652 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 134 km deep · 51 km away
  45. 1.835 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 64 km deep · 29 km away
  46. 1.841 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 97 km deep · 46 km away
  47. 2.552 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 94 km deep · 42 km away
  48. 1.730 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 3.631 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 66 km deep · 33 km away
  50. 1.647 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 124 km deep · 42 km away
  51. 1.639 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 1.646 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 80 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 1.667 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 1.745 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 126 km deep · 30 km away
  55. 1.963 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 134 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 1.534 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 80 km deep · 30 km away
  57. 1.521 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 70 km deep · 43 km away
  58. 1.564 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 106 km deep · 9 km away
  59. 2.024 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 70 km deep · 85 km away
  60. 1.871 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 115 km deep · 59 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.732 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 84 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.747 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 105 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 1.676 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 3.154 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 77 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 3.547 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 110 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 1.744 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 82 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 1.870 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 117 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.824 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 71 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.659 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 122 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 2.74 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.750 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 145 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 2.261 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.76 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 77 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.648 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 103 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.660 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 133 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.649 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 131 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 1.962 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 3.862 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 112 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  19. 2.745 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 106 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 2.415 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away

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