M1.5 earthquake 18 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 18 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Fri, Nov 27, 2020, 8:43 AM AKST (17:43 UTC), 70 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 21 km E 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-27 17:43:59 UTC
- Depth
- 70.2 km (43.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.730° N, 152.139° 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
- 33
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and 189 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.86 km WSW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 60 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.867 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 96 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 79 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.072 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 91 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.349 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 90 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.856 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 93 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.757 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 82 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.54 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 71 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 91 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.529 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 80 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.764 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 105 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 97 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.748 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 95 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.164 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 132 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.511 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 81 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.860 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 141 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.664 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 106 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 96 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.368 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 116 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 110 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.213 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.345 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 132 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.326 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 124 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.862 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 138 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.774 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 129 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.134 km SE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.350 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 109 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 104 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.64 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.640 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.761 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 91 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.354 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 83 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.562 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 102 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.135 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 140 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.623 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 70 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.861 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 100 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 88 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.833 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.861 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 105 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.813 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 77 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.633 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.873 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 120 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 108 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.958 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 118 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.951 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 104 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 99 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.514 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.958 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 112 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2129 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 56 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.655 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 95 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.65 km SSE of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 68 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.634 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.661 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 98 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.630 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.335 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 150 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.468 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 94 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.8Southern Alaska · 2127 days ago · 117 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.269 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 114 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.755 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 87 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.776 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.049 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 114 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.722 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 86 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 74 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.730 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 71 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.765 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 110 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.634 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 70 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.723 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.143 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 73 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.263 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 82 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.548 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 85 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.969 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 88 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.058 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 110 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.450 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 99 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.051 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 119 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.620 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 65 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.545 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 76 km deep · 26 km away
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