M1.6 earthquake 23 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 23 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Tue, Dec 1, 2020, 5:19 PM AKST (02:19 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 21 km SSE of Port Graham, 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
- 2020-12-02 02:19:27 UTC
- Depth
- 69.6 km (43.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.887° N, 152.180° 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
- 22
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.861 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 100 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 88 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.833 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.861 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 105 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.813 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 77 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.633 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.520 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 71 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.873 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 120 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 108 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.958 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 118 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.951 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 104 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 99 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.514 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.958 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 112 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2131 days ago · 127 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.655 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 95 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.65 km SSE of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.634 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.661 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 98 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.630 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.335 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 150 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.468 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 94 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.8Southern Alaska · 2130 days ago · 117 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.269 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 114 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.73 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 62 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.021 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 84 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.553 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 120 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2130 days ago · 96 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.643 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 120 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.337 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 147 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.258 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 98 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.855 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 97 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 104 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.560 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 123 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.823 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.140 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 119 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.758 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 104 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.261 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 87 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.538 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 69 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.749 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 87 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.056 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 144 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.640 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 77 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.865 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 94 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.628 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.620 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 67 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.510 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 69 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.249 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 121 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2126 days ago · 72 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.848 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 109 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.725 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 69 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.023 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 73 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 92 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.670 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 111 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.069 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 101 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.839 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 136 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.941 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 82 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.767 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 111 km deep · 57 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.135 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 140 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.562 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 102 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.354 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 83 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.761 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 91 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.640 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.64 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 104 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 109 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.350 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.134 km SE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.774 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 129 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.862 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 138 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.387 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 144 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.326 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 124 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.345 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 132 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.213 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 110 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.368 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 116 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 96 km deep · 38 km away
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