M1.6 earthquake 57 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 57 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sat, Jan 4, 2020, 12:18 AM AKST (09:18 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2020-01-04 09:18:58 UTC
- Depth
- 97.5 km (60.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.850° N, 152.843° 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
- 31
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.661 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 108 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 97 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.913 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.143 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 141 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.719 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 80 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.759 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 105 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.768 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.59 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.648 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.153 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 114 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 2.031 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 68 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.845 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 107 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.859 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 96 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.352 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 105 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.839 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 80 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.834 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.743 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 81 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.868 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 122 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 114 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.847 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 115 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.216 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 97 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.757 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 96 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 78 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.747 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 95 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.361 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 122 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.056 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 73 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 83 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 85 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.363 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 92 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.667 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 107 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.162 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 97 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.539 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 81 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.575 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 112 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.659 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 105 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.566 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 94 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.966 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 105 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.155 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 97 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 79 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.354 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 131 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.938 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 135 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 1.547 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 77 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 84 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.240 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 134 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 94 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 94 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 96 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.938 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 127 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.921 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 77 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.460 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 96 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.562 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 108 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.033 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.654 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 128 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.634 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 67 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 100 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.825 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.957 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 85 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.19 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 57 km deep · 48 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.921 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.716 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 76 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.759 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 100 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.764 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 91 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 105 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.760 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 103 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.665 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 122 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.954 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 142 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.150 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 162 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.358 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 115 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.258 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 100 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.958 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 107 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.653 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 112 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.96 km ENE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 69 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 1.767 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 110 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.163 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 88 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.033 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 131 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 61 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Homer, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.629 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
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