M1.6 earthquake 43 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 43 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Wed, May 6, 2020, 10:09 PM AKDT (06:09 UTC), 80 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 61 km ENE 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-05-07 06:09:55 UTC
- Depth
- 79.5 km (49.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.889° N, 152.572° 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
- 67
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 131 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.511 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 79 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.951 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 126 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.948 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 168 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.255 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 102 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.369 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 114 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2337 days ago · 132 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.538 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.361 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 120 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.525 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 66 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.159 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 125 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.762 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 134 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.956 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 102 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.048 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 125 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.260 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 141 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.445 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.252 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 105 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.134 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 85 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.656 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 92 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 84 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.172 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 126 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.658 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 91 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.553 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 110 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.636 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.455 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 106 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.354 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 99 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.016 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.942 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 166 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.817 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 78 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.154 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 97 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.558 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 105 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 110 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.11 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 49 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.754 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 102 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.98 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.611 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.14 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 48 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.044 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 96 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.866 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 99 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2331 days ago · 127 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.530 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 187 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.76 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 67 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.438 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 129 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.559 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 97 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.255 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 103 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.563 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 114 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.544 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 124 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.643 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 112 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.618 km WSW of Kenai, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.814 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 145 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.739 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.641 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.016 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.559 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 116 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.039 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 130 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.661 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 135 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.744 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 88 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 85 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.821 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 85 km deep · 28 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.546 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 113 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.914 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 57 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.556 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 125 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.730 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 66 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.814 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 80 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.537 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 134 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.667 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 130 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.981 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 130 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.742 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 121 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 78 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.263 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.649 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 90 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 110 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.971 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 113 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.843 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 85 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.334 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 118 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.756 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 116 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.546 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 115 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 88 km deep · 26 km away
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