M1.7 earthquake 2 km E of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 2 km E of Anchor Point, Alaska on Fri, Aug 28, 2020, 9:56 PM AKDT (05:56 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 8 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-29 05:56:25 UTC
- Depth
- 59.7 km (37.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.775° N, 151.779° 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
- 41
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 122 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2224 days ago · 136 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.537 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 87 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 91 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.419 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.551 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.621 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 45 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.753 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 115 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.67 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.756 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 98 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.959 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 148 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.828 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 71 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.065 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.820 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 79 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.644 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 83 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.940 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 92 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.59 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.642 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.551 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 87 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.233 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 88 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 1.721 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 46 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.367 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 102 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.550 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 120 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 88 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.942 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.350 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 133 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.548 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 105 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.87 km ESE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 76 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.534 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 77 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.542 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 90 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2218 days ago · 129 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.546 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 114 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.968 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 114 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.421 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 70 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 8
- 1.648 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 148 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.735 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.718 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 82 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 95 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.362 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 110 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.647 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 146 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.78 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 12
- 1.957 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 89 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.861 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 70 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.64 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 52 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.450 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 82 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.816 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.755 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 100 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 102 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.862 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 99 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 109 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.644 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.120 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 69 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.72 km NNW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 47 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.934 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 91 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.543 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.056 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 124 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.529 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 77 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.563 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 128 km deep · 96 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.651 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 153 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 114 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 86 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 92 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 107 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2226 days ago · 103 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.644 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 125 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.815 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 61 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.844 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.656 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 145 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.822 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.120 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.133 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 60 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.661 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 91 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.640 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 121 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.748 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 86 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.552 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 92 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.763 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 130 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away
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